diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.js
index 539af8ce33c..5610095b999 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default class ColumnsArea extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
   handleChildrenContentChange() {
     if (!this.props.singleColumn) {
-      scrollRight(this.node, this.node.scrollWidth - window.innerWidth);
+      this._interruptScrollAnimation = scrollRight(this.node, this.node.scrollWidth - window.innerWidth);
     }
   }