diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx
index 0e2708dd8..d5bfd6025 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ const ScrollableList = React.forwardRef<VirtuosoHandle, IScrollableList>(({
   // NOTE: We are doing some trickery to load a feed of placeholders
   // Virtuoso's `EmptyPlaceholder` unfortunately doesn't work for our use-case
   const data = showPlaceholder ? Array(placeholderCount).fill('') : elements;
-  const isEmpty = data.length === 0; // Yes, if it has placeholders it isn't "empty"
 
   // Add a placeholder at the bottom for loading
   // (Don't use Virtuoso's `Footer` component because it doesn't preserve its height)
@@ -216,8 +215,7 @@ const ScrollableList = React.forwardRef<VirtuosoHandle, IScrollableList>(({
     return 0;
   }, [showLoading, initialTopMostItemIndex]);
 
-  /** Render the actual Virtuoso list. */
-  const renderFeed = (): JSX.Element => (
+  return (
     <Virtuoso
       ref={ref}
       id={id}
@@ -245,13 +243,6 @@ const ScrollableList = React.forwardRef<VirtuosoHandle, IScrollableList>(({
       }}
     />
   );
-
-  // Conditionally render inner elements.
-  if (isEmpty) {
-    return renderEmpty();
-  } else {
-    return renderFeed();
-  }
 });
 
 export default ScrollableList;
diff --git a/app/styles/basics.scss b/app/styles/basics.scss
index 987a6d58d..9db26912a 100644
--- a/app/styles/basics.scss
+++ b/app/styles/basics.scss
@@ -106,3 +106,9 @@ noscript {
 .greentext {
   color: #789922;
 }
+
+// Virtuoso empty placeholder fix.
+// https://gitlab.com/petyosi/soapbox-fe/-/commit/1e22c39934b60e5e186de804060ecfdf1955b506
+div[data-viewport-type="window"] {
+  position: static !important;
+}