diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_chat_item.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_chat_item.xml
index 34c6e02684b7886d9c6653e0453d6e7028f65c22..1f35cfaa2712488118c712795f1486bae5567cde 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_chat_item.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_chat_item.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- All our XML is utf-8 encoded. -->
 <panel
   name="instant_message"
-  width="315"
+  width="300"
   height="180"
   follows="all">
      <avatar_icon