diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css
index 499d2e3ae63..05ae3108f12 100644
--- a/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css
+++ b/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
  *
  * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#theming
  */
-.ui-autocomplete { position: absolute; cursor: default; }
+.ui-autocomplete {
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0; /* #8656 */
+	cursor: default;
+}
 
 /* workarounds */
 * html .ui-autocomplete { width:1px; } /* without this, the menu expands to 100% in IE6 */