diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowMessage.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowMessage.tsx
index a1a328eb045..8f48ff45249 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowMessage.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowMessage.tsx
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ class UnThemedLogRowMessage extends PureComponent<Props> {
     const styles = getStyles(theme);
 
     return (
-      <td className={style.logsRowMessage}>
+      // When context is open, the position has to be NOT relative.
+      // Setting the postion as inline-style to overwrite the more sepecific style definition from `style.logsRowMessage`.
+      <td style={contextIsOpen ? { position: 'unset' } : undefined} className={style.logsRowMessage}>
         <div
           className={cx({ [styles.positionRelative]: wrapLogMessage }, { [styles.horizontalScroll]: !wrapLogMessage })}
         >