diff --git a/panel/chat/step.py b/panel/chat/step.py
index 9c674ab624..a6a999f392 100644
--- a/panel/chat/step.py
+++ b/panel/chat/step.py
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ def stream(self, token: str | None, replace: bool = False, scroll: bool = True):
             The token to stream.
         replace : bool
             Whether to replace the existing text.
+        scroll: bool
+            Whether to scroll to the latest message when streaming.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -264,7 +266,8 @@ def stream(self, token: str | None, replace: bool = False, scroll: bool = True):
             self.append(message)
         else:
             stream_to(self.objects[-1], token, replace=replace)
-        if self._instance is not None:
+
+        if self._instance is not None and scroll:
             self._instance._chat_log.scroll_to_latest()
 
     def serialize(