diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
index b9b8eabf909..6c03dbb56a7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ $note-form-margin-left: 72px;
   border-radius: $border-radius-base;
   border: 1px solid $border-gray-normal;
   color: $note-disabled-comment-color;
-  padding: 90px 0;
+  padding: $gl-padding-8 0;
 
   &.discussion-locked {
     border: 0;
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/63671-remove-extra-padding-from-the-disabled-comment-area.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/63671-remove-extra-padding-from-the-disabled-comment-area.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab116674ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/63671-remove-extra-padding-from-the-disabled-comment-area.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Remove extra padding from disabled comment box
+merge_request: 31603
+author:
+type: fixed