diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/pre/main.js b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/pre/main.js
index ec679b5415521..b32b1595d3a19 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/pre/main.js
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/pre/main.js
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ const handleInnerClick = (event) => {
 			if (node.getAttribute('href') === '#') {
 				event.view.scrollTo(0, 0);
 			} else if (node.hash && (node.getAttribute('href') === node.hash || (baseElement && node.href === baseElement.href + node.hash))) {
-				const fragment = node.hash.substr(1, node.hash.length - 1);
-				const scrollTarget = event.view.document.getElementById(decodeURIComponent(fragment));
+				const fragment = node.hash.slice(1);
+				const scrollTarget = event.view.document.getElementById(fragment) ?? event.view.document.getElementById(decodeURIComponent(fragment));
 				scrollTarget?.scrollIntoView();
 			} else {
 				hostMessaging.postMessage('did-click-link', node.href.baseVal || node.href);