--- a/exo/exo-icon-view.c
+++ b/exo/exo-icon-view.c
@@ -4604,11 +4604,11 @@
                                 icon_view->priv->hadjustment->value + x + item->area.x - focus_width);
     }
   else if (x + item->area.x + item->area.width + focus_width > GTK_WIDGET (icon_view)->allocation.width
-        && item->area.width < GTK_WIDGET (icon_view)->allocation.width)
+        && x + item->area.x - focus_width > 0)
     {
-      /* the second condition above is to make sure that we don't scroll horizontally if the item
-       * width is larger than the allocation width. Fixes a weird scrolling bug in the compact view.
-       * See http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683 for details.
+      /* the second condition above is to make sure that we don't scroll
+       * horizontally if the item is already as visible as possible.
+       * It only affects items that are wider than the allocation width.
        */
 
       gtk_adjustment_set_value (icon_view->priv->hadjustment,