diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss
index c5b31b61cc..0c0ea4df9f 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@
   font-weight: 600;
   position: relative;
 
-  > span {
+  :first-child {
     @extend %text-elipsis;
-    padding: .5rem 0;
   }
 }