diff --git a/src/components/button/button-icon.scss b/src/components/button/button-icon.scss
index b89194f1a1..4ff8eb4828 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button-icon.scss
+++ b/src/components/button/button-icon.scss
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 }
 
 [icon-left] ion-icon {
-  padding-right: .3em;
-
   @include button-icon;
+
+  padding-right: .3em;
 }
 
 [icon-right] ion-icon {
-  padding-left: .4em;
-
   @include button-icon;
+
+  padding-left: .4em;
 }
 
 [icon-only] {