diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
index cb29b5d4313..57539212e0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
@@ -703,7 +703,8 @@
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 
   .user-status-emoji {
-    margin: 0 $gl-padding-8 0 $gl-padding-4;
+    margin-left: $gl-padding-4;
+    margin-right: 0;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
index 1f67c045d1c..56f6686da57 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ module IssuablesHelper
 
     output << content_tag(:span, (issuable_first_contribution_icon if issuable.first_contribution?), class: 'has-tooltip', title: _('1st contribution!'))
 
-    output << content_tag(:span, (issuable.task_status if issuable.tasks?), id: "task_status", class: "d-none d-sm-none d-md-inline-block")
+    output << content_tag(:span, (issuable.task_status if issuable.tasks?), id: "task_status", class: "d-none d-sm-none d-md-inline-block prepend-left-8")
     output << content_tag(:span, (issuable.task_status_short if issuable.tasks?), id: "task_status_short", class: "d-md-none")
 
     output.join.html_safe
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/51412-username-alignment-issue-on-mr-page.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/51412-username-alignment-issue-on-mr-page.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d245f672f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/51412-username-alignment-issue-on-mr-page.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add margin between username and subsequent text in issuable header
+merge_request: 21697
+author:
+type: other