diff --git a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift
index e6c7cfe39f9..8fb67d4a459 100644
--- a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift
+++ b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class BrowserViewController: UIViewController {
   var readerModeBar: ReaderModeBarView?
   var readerModeCache: ReaderModeCache
   
-  private let statusBarOverlay: UIView = {
+  let statusBarOverlay: UIView = {
     // Temporary work around for covering the non-clipped web view content
     let statusBarOverlay = UIView()
     statusBarOverlay.backgroundColor = Preferences.General.nightModeEnabled.value ? .nightModeBackground : .urlBarBackground
@@ -784,8 +784,8 @@ public class BrowserViewController: UIViewController {
     view.addSubview(topTouchArea)
     view.addSubview(bottomBarKeyboardBackground)
     view.addSubview(footer)
-    view.addSubview(header)
     view.addSubview(statusBarOverlay)
+    view.addSubview(header)
     
     // For now we hide some elements so they are not visible
     header.isHidden = true
diff --git a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+ToolbarDelegate.swift b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+ToolbarDelegate.swift
index 0e8f2dddd28..6318d25ca8a 100644
--- a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+ToolbarDelegate.swift
+++ b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController/BrowserViewController+ToolbarDelegate.swift
@@ -731,7 +731,11 @@ extension BrowserViewController: TopToolbarDelegate {
       if let ntpController = self.activeNewTabPageViewController, ntpController.parent != nil {
         view.insertSubview(favoritesController.view, aboveSubview: ntpController.view)
       } else {
-        view.insertSubview(favoritesController.view, aboveSubview: footer)
+        // Two different behaviors here:
+        // 1. For bottom bar we do not want to show the status bar color
+        // 2. For top bar we do so it matches the address bar background
+        let subview = isUsingBottomBar ? statusBarOverlay : footer
+        view.insertSubview(favoritesController.view, aboveSubview: subview)
       }
       favoritesController.didMove(toParent: self)