diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/select.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/select.jst.eco
index 2890a60f5..076b20d48 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/select.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/select.jst.eco
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="u-positionOrigin">
+<div class="controls-select">
   <select id="<%= @attribute.id %>" class="form-control<%= " #{ @attribute.class }" if @attribute.class %>" name="<%= @attribute.name %>" <%= @attribute.multiple %> <%= @attribute.required %> <%= @attribute.autofocus %>>
 <% if @attribute.options: %>
 <% for row in @attribute.options: %>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss
index b98ce3df1..12c0c0688 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss
@@ -1140,6 +1140,10 @@ fieldset > .form-group {
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
+.controls-select {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
 .controls-label {
   margin: 11px 10px 0;
   flex-shrink: 0;
@@ -2424,7 +2428,7 @@ footer {
       Safari font rendering bugfix while animating
       http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9733011/safari-changing-font-weights-when-unrelated-animations-are-running
     */
-    z-index: 60000;
+    z-index: 899; // stay beneath #global-search-results
     position: relative;
   }
 
@@ -2642,7 +2646,7 @@ footer {
     top: 53px;
     z-index: 900;
     display: none;
-    overflow: scroll;
+    overflow: auto;
   }
 
   .search.open .custom-dropdown-menu {
@@ -3533,6 +3537,10 @@ footer {
     background: none;
   }
 
+  .form-inline .controls-select {
+    position: static;
+  }
+
   .bulkAction-secondStep .form-group {
     min-width: 140px;
   }