diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-progress.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-progress.hbs
index 339c0fc94e6..14f9438b222 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-progress.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-progress.hbs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       @label="topic.timeline.back"
       @action={{this.goBack}}
       @icon="arrow-down"
-      class="btn-primary progress-back"
+      class="btn-primary btn-small progress-back"
     />
   </div>
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
index 8fdf0fe8f6c..5a12b5bad88 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
@@ -110,15 +110,14 @@
 
 .progress-back-container {
   z-index: z("dropdown");
-  margin-right: 0;
   animation-duration: 0.5s;
   animation-name: button-jump-up;
-  width: 145px;
   text-align: center;
   margin-bottom: 0px;
+  margin-right: 0.5em;
   position: absolute;
   right: 0;
-  top: -120%; // above parent container + some extra space
+  bottom: 100%; // above parent container + some extra space
   .btn {
     margin: 0;
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic.scss
index 2ef300170a1..7424e3a6c0d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic.scss
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-.progress-back-container {
-  top: -100%; // above parent container + some extra space
-}
-
 .topic-error {
   padding: 18px;
   width: 90%;