diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/styles/tools/_variant.sass b/packages/vuetify/src/styles/tools/_variant.sass
index b15094f8295..6516f2d60a1 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/styles/tools/_variant.sass
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/styles/tools/_variant.sass
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@
       background: currentColor
       opacity: var(--v-activated-opacity)
       border-radius: inherit
-      position: absolute
       top: 0
       right: 0
       bottom: 0
       left: 0
       pointer-events: none
+
+  .#{$name}__underlay
+    position: absolute