diff --git a/community-modules/styles/src/internal/base/parts/_common-structural.scss b/community-modules/styles/src/internal/base/parts/_common-structural.scss
index f603b90c31e..60e2ad71d9a 100644
--- a/community-modules/styles/src/internal/base/parts/_common-structural.scss
+++ b/community-modules/styles/src/internal/base/parts/_common-structural.scss
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    .ag-rtl .ag-grid-scrolling-cells {
+    .ag-rtl .ag-row .ag-grid-scrolling-cells {
         // when scrollable, offset for the vertical scrollbar on the left in rtl.
         margin-left: var(--ag-internal-pinned-left-sticky-offset, 0px);
     }
diff --git a/packages/ag-grid-community/src/theming/core/css/_general.css b/packages/ag-grid-community/src/theming/core/css/_general.css
index 3ba057c2bf0..f4faaaf6b20 100644
--- a/packages/ag-grid-community/src/theming/core/css/_general.css
+++ b/packages/ag-grid-community/src/theming/core/css/_general.css
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    :where(.ag-grid-scrolling-cells) {
+    :where(.ag-row .ag-grid-scrolling-cells) {
         /* when scrollable, offset for the vertical scrollbar on the left in rtl. */
         margin-left: var(--ag-internal-pinned-left-sticky-offset, 0);
     }