diff --git a/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml b/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml
index 82693ec832e..69914fccc48 100644
--- a/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 .event-title.d-flex.flex-wrap
   = inline_event_icon(event)
   %span.event-type.d-inline-block.append-right-4.pushed #{event.action_name} #{event.ref_type}
-  %span
+  %span.append-right-4
     - commits_link = project_commits_path(project, event.ref_name)
     - should_link = event.tag? ? project.repository.tag_exists?(event.ref_name) : project.repository.branch_exists?(event.ref_name)
-    = link_to_if should_link, event.ref_name, commits_link, class: 'ref-name append-right-4'
+    = link_to_if should_link, event.ref_name, commits_link, class: 'ref-name'
 
   = render "events/event_scope", event: event
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/54002-activity-feed-missing-padding-in-event-note-when-a-branch-is-deleted.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/54002-activity-feed-missing-padding-in-event-note-when-a-branch-is-deleted.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f4f104a12c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/54002-activity-feed-missing-padding-in-event-note-when-a-branch-is-deleted.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Adds margin after a deleted branch name in the activity feed.
+merge_request: 23038
+author:
+type: fixed