diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts
index f4eea64640ffe195d051aa1e8a236c6de3bf7ef9..92f0ba71d28ae1432be9d9dae858dae9b721f158 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class Widget {
 
 			if (MIN_LIMIT < 0) {
 				// And we need to make sure we haven't expanded them before the page
-				const delta3 = MIN_LIMIT;
+				const delta3 = -MIN_LIMIT;
 				MIN_LIMIT += delta3;
 				MAX_LIMIT += delta3;
 			}