diff --git a/css/converse.css b/css/converse.css
index 4932f8761..d9b3b16d7 100644
--- a/css/converse.css
+++ b/css/converse.css
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@
       display: block;
       height: 24px;
       overflow-y: hidden;
-      padding: 0.3em 0 0.3em 1em;
+      padding: 0.3em 1em;
       text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #FAFAFA;
       line-height: 14px;
       width: 100%; }
@@ -1950,12 +1950,12 @@
         background-color: #DCF9F6; }
         #conversejs #converse-roster .roster-contacts dd:hover .remove-xmpp-contact {
           display: inline-block; }
-        #conversejs #converse-roster .roster-contacts dd:hover .open-chat {
-          width: 80%; }
-      #conversejs #converse-roster .roster-contacts dd.requesting-xmpp-contact.request-actions {
+      #conversejs #converse-roster .roster-contacts dd.requesting-xmpp-contact .request-actions {
         margin-left: 0.5em;
         margin-bottom: 0.3em;
         float: right; }
+      #conversejs #converse-roster .roster-contacts dd.requesting-xmpp-contact .open-chat .req-contact-name {
+        width: 100%; }
       #conversejs #converse-roster .roster-contacts dd.requesting-xmpp-contact .req-contact-name {
         width: 69%;
         padding: 0; }
diff --git a/sass/_roster.scss b/sass/_roster.scss
index 169d7b36b..ffc47684b 100644
--- a/sass/_roster.scss
+++ b/sass/_roster.scss
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
             display: block;
             height: 24px;
             overflow-y: hidden;
-            padding: 0.3em 0 0.3em 1em;
+            padding: 0.3em 1em;
             text-shadow: 0 1px 0 $text-shadow-color;
             line-height: $font-size;
             width: 100%;
@@ -113,16 +113,18 @@
                 .remove-xmpp-contact {
                     display: inline-block;
                 }
-                .open-chat {
-                    width: 80%;
-                }
             }
             &.requesting-xmpp-contact {
-                &.request-actions {
+                .request-actions {
                     margin-left: 0.5em;
                     margin-bottom: 0.3em;
                     float: right;
                 }
+                .open-chat {
+                    .req-contact-name {
+                        width: 100%;
+                    }
+                }
                 .req-contact-name {
                     width: 69%;
                     padding: 0;