diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/scrollable_list.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/scrollable_list.js
index 35740f226a46229bd839af69df18829720da93f0..2689b18ef3dbaffe77450c5b418aff62b595cb56 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/scrollable_list.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/scrollable_list.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state, { scrollKey }) => {
   };
 };
 
-export default @connect(mapStateToProps)
+export default @connect(mapStateToProps, null, null, { forwardRef: true })
 class ScrollableList extends PureComponent {
 
   static contextTypes = {