diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index d292c729dd..09827fe3bb 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -289,17 +289,11 @@ div.mx_EventTile_notSent.mx_EventTile_redacted .mx_UnknownBody {
     display: inline-block;
     width: 14px;
     height: 14px;
-    top: 29px;
+    top: -19px;
     user-select: none;
     z-index: 1;
 }
 
-.mx_EventTile_continuation .mx_EventTile_readAvatars,
-.mx_EventTile_info .mx_EventTile_readAvatars,
-.mx_EventTile_emote .mx_EventTile_readAvatars {
-    top: 7px;
-}
-
 .mx_EventTile_readAvatars .mx_BaseAvatar {
     position: absolute;
     display: inline-block;
@@ -634,15 +628,6 @@ div.mx_EventTile_notSent.mx_EventTile_redacted .mx_UnknownBody {
         top: 27px;
     }
 
-    .mx_EventTile_continuation .mx_EventTile_readAvatars,
-    .mx_EventTile_emote .mx_EventTile_readAvatars {
-        top: 5px;
-    }
-
-    .mx_EventTile_info .mx_EventTile_readAvatars {
-        top: 4px;
-    }
-
     .mx_RoomView_MessageList h2 {
         margin-top: 6px;
     }
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
index 916ddc3c5b..f21f2e1ee9 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
@@ -880,9 +880,6 @@ export default createReactClass({
                 // tab-index=-1 to allow it to be focusable but do not add tab stop for it, primarily for screen readers
                 return (
                     <div className={classes} tabIndex={-1}>
-                        <div className="mx_EventTile_msgOption">
-                            { readAvatars }
-                        </div>
                         { sender }
                         <div className="mx_EventTile_line">
                             <a
@@ -906,6 +903,9 @@ export default createReactClass({
                             { reactionsRow }
                             { actionBar }
                         </div>
+                        <div className="mx_EventTile_msgOption">
+                            { readAvatars }
+                        </div>
                         {
                             // The avatar goes after the event tile as it's absolutely positioned to be over the
                             // event tile line, so needs to be later in the DOM so it appears on top (this avoids