diff --git a/src/components/legend/draw.js b/src/components/legend/draw.js
index beb5f58a1c8..93b736fd33e 100644
--- a/src/components/legend/draw.js
+++ b/src/components/legend/draw.js
@@ -269,7 +269,9 @@ module.exports = function draw(gd) {
             scrollBarY = constants.scrollBarMargin -
                 scrollBoxY / scrollBoxYMax * scrollBarYMax;
             scrollHandler(scrollBarY, scrollBoxY);
-            d3.event.preventDefault();
+            if(scrollBoxY !== 0 && scrollBoxY !== -scrollBoxYMax) {
+                d3.event.preventDefault();
+            }
         });
 
         // to be safe, remove previous listeners