diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.css b/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.css
index 2eefff8a37e..8cd27141065 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.css
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.css
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 	text-overflow: ellipsis;
 	font-size: 90%;
 	color: #999999;
-	vertical-align: sub;
 }
 
 .monaco-editor .codelens-decoration > span,
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 	-ms-user-select: none;
 	user-select: none;
 	white-space: nowrap;
+	vertical-align: sub;
 }
 
 .monaco-editor .codelens-decoration > a {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.ts
index b60299bb935..2990bb89e06 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/codelens/browser/codelens.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ class CodeLensContentWidget implements editorBrowser.IContentWidget {
 		this.setSymbolRange(symbolRange);
 
 		this._domNode = document.createElement('span');
-		this._domNode.style.height = `${editor.getConfiguration().lineHeight}px`;
+		const lineHeight = editor.getConfiguration().lineHeight;
+		this._domNode.style.height = `${lineHeight}px`;
+		this._domNode.style.lineHeight = `${lineHeight}px`;
 		this._domNode.innerHTML = ' ';
 		dom.addClass(this._domNode, 'codelens-decoration');
 		dom.addClass(this._domNode, 'invisible-cl');