diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 09827fe3bb..d292c729dd 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -289,11 +289,17 @@ div.mx_EventTile_notSent.mx_EventTile_redacted .mx_UnknownBody {
     display: inline-block;
     width: 14px;
     height: 14px;
-    top: -19px;
+    top: 29px;
     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;
@@ -628,6 +634,15 @@ 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 cdbf725a5c..26c8a54f4e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
@@ -878,6 +878,9 @@ 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
@@ -901,9 +904,6 @@ 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