diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
index c1e1cd172..be4f0bcca 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
@@ -460,8 +460,10 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           <div className={classNames('status', `status-${status.get('visibility')}`, { 'status-reply': !!status.get('in_reply_to_id'), muted: this.props.muted })} data-id={status.get('id')}>
             <div className='status__expand' onClick={this.handleExpandClick} role='presentation' />
             <div className='status__info'>
-              <a href={status.get('url')} className='status__relative-time' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'><RelativeTimestamp timestamp={status.get('created_at')} /></a>
-              <span className='status__visibility-icon'><Icon id={visibilityIcon.icon} title={visibilityIcon.text} /></span>
+              <a href={status.get('url')} className='status__relative-time' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
+                <span className='status__visibility-icon'><Icon id={visibilityIcon.icon} title={visibilityIcon.text} /></span>
+                <RelativeTimestamp timestamp={status.get('created_at')} />
+              </a>
 
               <a onClick={this.handleAccountClick} data-id={status.getIn(['account', 'id'])} href={status.getIn(['account', 'url'])} title={status.getIn(['account', 'acct'])} className='status__display-name' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
                 <div className='status__avatar'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.js
index 00c0481f3..963bb5dc4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.js
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ class BoostModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           <div className={classNames('status', `status-${status.get('visibility')}`, 'light')}>
             <div className='boost-modal__status-header'>
               <div className='boost-modal__status-time'>
-                <a href={status.get('url')} className='status__relative-time' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'><RelativeTimestamp timestamp={status.get('created_at')} /></a>
+                <a href={status.get('url')} className='status__relative-time' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
+                  <span className='status__visibility-icon'><Icon id={visibilityIcon.icon} title={visibilityIcon.text} /></span>
+                  <RelativeTimestamp timestamp={status.get('created_at')} /></a>
               </div>
-              <span className='status__visibility-icon'><Icon id={visibilityIcon.icon} title={visibilityIcon.text} /></span>
 
               <a onClick={this.handleAccountClick} href={status.getIn(['account', 'url'])} className='status__display-name'>
                 <div className='status__avatar'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index 7dc50ea97..28f2a27a6 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -1067,16 +1067,15 @@
 }
 
 .status__relative-time,
-.status__visibility-icon,
 .notification__relative_time {
   color: $dark-text-color;
   float: right;
   font-size: 14px;
+  padding-bottom: 1px;
 }
 
 .status__visibility-icon {
-  margin-left: 4px;
-  margin-right: 4px;
+  padding: 0 4px;
 }
 
 .status__display-name {
diff --git a/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml b/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml
index 336c1f2c8..7408749cc 100644
--- a/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 .status{ class: "status-#{status.visibility}" }
   .status__info
     = link_to ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.url_for(status), class: 'status__relative-time u-url u-uid', target: stream_link_target, rel: 'noopener noreferrer' do
+      %span.status__visibility-icon><
+        = visibility_icon status
       %time.time-ago{ datetime: status.created_at.iso8601, title: l(status.created_at) }= l(status.created_at)
     %data.dt-published{ value: status.created_at.to_time.iso8601 }
-    %span.status__visibility-icon
-      = visibility_icon status
 
     .p-author.h-card
       = link_to ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.url_for(status.account), class: 'status__display-name u-url', target: stream_link_target, rel: 'noopener noreferrer' do