diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1760c4d9f5e..523f8da1d5e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Fixed Issues:
 * [#11490](http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/11490): Fixed issue with menubuttons panel showing in source mode.
 * [#11417](http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/11417): The [`widget.doubleclick`](http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/api/CKEDITOR.plugins.widget-event-doubleclick) event is not cancelled anymore after editing has been triggered.
 * [#11253](http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/11253): [IE] Fixed: Clipped upload button in [Enhanced Image](http://ckeditor.com/addon/image2) dialog.
+* [#11359](http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/11359): Standardized the way anchors are discovered by the [Link](http://ckeditor.com/addon/link) dialog.
 
 ## CKEditor 4.3.2
 
diff --git a/plugins/link/dialogs/link.js b/plugins/link/dialogs/link.js
index 4b274f70fef..b02708118a6 100755
--- a/plugins/link/dialogs/link.js
+++ b/plugins/link/dialogs/link.js
@@ -204,32 +204,7 @@ CKEDITOR.dialog.add( 'link', function( editor ) {
 			}
 
 			// Find out whether we have any anchors in the editor.
-			var anchors = retval.anchors = [],
-				i, count, item;
-
-			// For some browsers we set contenteditable="false" on anchors, making document.anchors not to include them, so we must traverse the links manually (#7893).
-			if ( CKEDITOR.plugins.link.emptyAnchorFix ) {
-				var links = editor.document.getElementsByTag( 'a' );
-				for ( i = 0, count = links.count(); i < count; i++ ) {
-					item = links.getItem( i );
-					if ( item.data( 'cke-saved-name' ) || item.hasAttribute( 'name' ) )
-						anchors.push( { name: item.data( 'cke-saved-name' ) || item.getAttribute( 'name' ), id: item.getAttribute( 'id' ) } );
-				}
-			} else {
-				var anchorList = new CKEDITOR.dom.nodeList( editor.document.$.anchors );
-				for ( i = 0, count = anchorList.count(); i < count; i++ ) {
-					item = anchorList.getItem( i );
-					anchors[ i ] = { name: item.getAttribute( 'name' ), id: item.getAttribute( 'id' ) };
-				}
-			}
-
-			if ( CKEDITOR.plugins.link.fakeAnchor ) {
-				var imgs = editor.document.getElementsByTag( 'img' );
-				for ( i = 0, count = imgs.count(); i < count; i++ ) {
-					if ( ( item = CKEDITOR.plugins.link.tryRestoreFakeAnchor( editor, imgs.getItem( i ) ) ) )
-						anchors.push( { name: item.getAttribute( 'name' ), id: item.getAttribute( 'id' ) } );
-				}
-			}
+			retval.anchors = CKEDITOR.plugins.link.getEditorAnchors( editor );
 
 			// Record down the selected element in the dialog.
 			this._.selectedElement = element;
diff --git a/plugins/link/plugin.js b/plugins/link/plugin.js
index ea223a93684..25ffb7d704b 100755
--- a/plugins/link/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/link/plugin.js
@@ -263,6 +263,56 @@ CKEDITOR.plugins.link = {
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Collects anchors available in the editor (i.e. used by link dialog).
+	 * Note that the scope of search is different for inline (the "global" document) and
+	 * framed editors (the "inner" document).
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.3.3
+	 * @param {CKEDITOR.editor} editor
+	 * @returns {CKEDITOR.dom.element[]} An array of anchor elements.
+	 */
+	getEditorAnchors: function( editor ) {
+		var editable = editor.editable(),
+
+			// The scope of search for anchors is the entire document for inline editors
+			// and editor's editable for framed/divarea (#11359).
+			scope = ( editable.isInline() && !editor.plugins.divarea ) ? editor.document : editable,
+
+			links = scope.getElementsByTag( 'a' ),
+			anchors = [],
+			i = 0,
+			item;
+
+		// Retrieve all anchors within the scope.
+		while ( ( item = links.getItem( i++ ) ) ) {
+			if ( item.data( 'cke-saved-name' ) || item.hasAttribute( 'name' ) ) {
+				anchors.push( {
+					name: item.data( 'cke-saved-name' ) || item.getAttribute( 'name' ),
+					id: item.getAttribute( 'id' )
+				} );
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Retrieve all "fake anchors" within the scope.
+		if ( this.fakeAnchor ) {
+			var imgs = scope.getElementsByTag( 'img' );
+
+			i = 0;
+
+			while ( ( item = imgs.getItem( i++ ) ) ) {
+				if ( ( item = this.tryRestoreFakeAnchor( editor, item ) ) ) {
+					anchors.push( {
+						name: item.getAttribute( 'name' ),
+						id: item.getAttribute( 'id' )
+					} );
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return anchors;
+	},
+
 	/**
 	 * Opera and WebKit don't make it possible to select empty anchors. Fake
 	 * elements must be used for them.