diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
index d4e881ad832af..fc375d3cfa8cc 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
@@ -785,8 +785,7 @@ table,
 	margin-top: 0;
 	white-space: nowrap;
 	/* flex layout allows shrinking the <select> appropriately if it becomes too large */
-	display: inline-flex;
-	max-width: 100%;
+	display: flex;
 	/* make things look like in a line, despite the fact that we're using a layout
 	with boxes (i.e. from the flex layout) */
 	align-items: baseline;
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/search-result-display.goml b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/search-result-display.goml
index fa349c872ae20..13a5e4c717b65 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/search-result-display.goml
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/search-result-display.goml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ size: (900, 900)
 
 // First we check the current width, height and position.
 assert-css: ("#crate-search", {"width": "223px"})
-assert-css: (".search-results-title", {"height": "44px", "width": "336px"})
+assert-css: (".search-results-title", {"height": "44px", "width": "640px"})
+assert-css: ("#search", {"width": "640px"})
 
 // Then we update the text of one of the `<option>`.
 text: (