diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss
index 7b606ab947..23cecff477 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ limitations under the License.
     margin-bottom: 4px;
     padding: 4px;
 
+    // allow scrollIntoView to ignore the sticky headers, must match combined height of .mx_RoomSublist2_headerContainer
+    scroll-margin-top: 32px;
+    scroll-margin-bottom: 32px;
+
     // The tile is also a flexbox row itself
     display: flex;
 
@@ -164,6 +168,11 @@ limitations under the License.
     }
 }
 
+// do not apply scroll-margin-bottom to the sublist which will not have a sticky header below it
+.mx_RoomSublist2:last-child .mx_RoomTile2 {
+    scroll-margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
 // We use these both in context menus and the room tiles
 .mx_RoomTile2_iconBell::before {
     mask-image: url('$(res)/img/feather-customised/bell.svg');