diff --git a/src/js/core/directives/ui-grid-render-container.js b/src/js/core/directives/ui-grid-render-container.js
index 2affeaf0f0..1499680258 100644
--- a/src/js/core/directives/ui-grid-render-container.js
+++ b/src/js/core/directives/ui-grid-render-container.js
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
               }
               else {
                 event.preventDefault();
+                event.stopPropagation();
                 scrollEvent.fireThrottledScrollingEvent('', scrollEvent);
               }
 
diff --git a/src/js/core/services/ui-grid-util.js b/src/js/core/services/ui-grid-util.js
index f0fc33be36..bd7334f464 100644
--- a/src/js/core/services/ui-grid-util.js
+++ b/src/js/core/services/ui-grid-util.js
@@ -1393,7 +1393,8 @@ module.service('gridUtil', ['$log', '$window', '$document', '$http', '$templateC
       deltaX: deltaX,
       deltaY: deltaY,
       deltaFactor: lowestDelta,
-      preventDefault: function () { event.preventDefault(); }
+      preventDefault: function () { event.preventDefault(); },
+      stopPropagation: function () { event.stopPropagation(); }
     };
 
     // Clearout lowestDelta after sometime to better