diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index f109cdddc31..8c5f5165849 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ void EditorNode::_notification(int p_what) {
 		}
 		_update_scene_tabs();
 
+		recent_scenes->set_as_minsize();
+
 		// debugger area
 		if (ScriptEditor::get_singleton()->get_debugger()->is_visible())
 			bottom_panel->add_style_override("panel", gui_base->get_stylebox("BottomPanelDebuggerOverride", "EditorStyles"));
diff --git a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index 84808cb876b..ffda34653d4 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -1169,6 +1169,8 @@ void ScriptEditor::_notification(int p_what) {
 
 			script_forward->set_icon(get_icon("Forward", "EditorIcons"));
 			script_back->set_icon(get_icon("Back", "EditorIcons"));
+
+			recent_scripts->set_as_minsize();
 		} break;
 
 		default: