diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller.cpp
index 88e41c2623bd6bd1b1af139cfffc73664ccc32a5..d46b1f0c0e1e75e839b20d8f2c867c492edadeff 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller.cpp
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ ControlsWidget::ControlsWidget( intf_thread_t *_p_i,
 #endif
 
     QVBoxLayout *controlLayout = new QVBoxLayout( this );
-    controlLayout->setContentsMargins( 4, 2, 4, 0 );
+    controlLayout->setContentsMargins( 4, 1, 4, 0 );
     controlLayout->setSpacing( 0 );
     QHBoxLayout *controlLayout1 = new QHBoxLayout;
     controlLayout1->setSpacing( 0 ); controlLayout1->setMargin( 0 );