diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
index ecc0acf19bd..8306e96069e 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
@@ -2419,6 +2419,7 @@ export class Grapher
     }
 
     @computed get hideFullScreenButton(): boolean {
+        if (this.isInFullScreenMode) return false
         // hide the full screen button if the full screen height
         // is barely larger than the current chart height
         const fullScreenHeight = this.windowInnerHeight!