diff --git a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/permissions/permissions.go b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/permissions/permissions.go
index 0bbaa034ed2357cc4643ad92c0a680bb01cf61ff..98311fc35d05875b98e2ec239a68ce3961efc57e 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/permissions/permissions.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/permissions/permissions.go
@@ -445,7 +445,11 @@ func (p *permissionDialogCmp) render() string {
 	contentFinal := p.getOrGenerateContent()
 
 	// Always set viewport content (the caching is handled in getOrGenerateContent)
-	contentHeight := min(p.height-9, lipgloss.Height(contentFinal))
+	const minContentHeight = 9
+	contentHeight := min(
+		max(minContentHeight, p.height-minContentHeight),
+		lipgloss.Height(contentFinal),
+	)
 	p.contentViewPort.SetHeight(contentHeight)
 	p.contentViewPort.SetContent(contentFinal)