diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
index a75e877c72e2..1d1ebc6bf72f 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -5255,24 +5255,34 @@ nsDocShell::InternalLoad(nsIURI * aURI,
     //
     // First:
     // Check to see if the new URI is an anchor in the existing document.
-    // Skip this check if we're doing some sort of abnormal load, if
-    // the new load is a non-history load and has postdata, or if
-    // we're doing a history load and there are postdata differences
-    // between what we plan to load and what we have loaded currently.
+    // Skip this check if we're doing some sort of abnormal load, if the
+    // new load is a non-history load and has postdata, or if we're doing
+    // a history load and the page identifiers of mOSHE and aSHEntry
+    // don't match.
     //
-    PRBool samePostData = PR_TRUE;
+    PRBool allowScroll = PR_TRUE;
     if (!aSHEntry) {
-        samePostData = (aPostData == nsnull);
+        allowScroll = (aPostData == nsnull);
     } else if (mOSHE) {
-        nsCOMPtr<nsIInputStream> currentPostData;
-        mOSHE->GetPostData(getter_AddRefs(currentPostData));
-        samePostData = (currentPostData == aPostData);
+        PRUint32 ourPageIdent;
+        mOSHE->GetPageIdentifier(&ourPageIdent);
+        PRUint32 otherPageIdent;
+        aSHEntry->GetPageIdentifier(&otherPageIdent);
+        allowScroll = (ourPageIdent == otherPageIdent);
+#ifdef DEBUG
+        if (allowScroll) {
+            nsCOMPtr<nsIInputStream> currentPostData;
+            mOSHE->GetPostData(getter_AddRefs(currentPostData));
+            NS_ASSERTION(currentPostData == aPostData,
+                         "Different POST data for entries for the same page?");
+        }
+#endif
     }
     
     if ((aLoadType == LOAD_NORMAL ||
          aLoadType == LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE ||
          aLoadType == LOAD_HISTORY ||
-         aLoadType == LOAD_LINK) && samePostData) {
+         aLoadType == LOAD_LINK) && allowScroll) {
         PRBool wasAnchor = PR_FALSE;
         nscoord cx, cy;
         NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(ScrollIfAnchor(aURI, &wasAnchor, aLoadType, &cx, &cy), NS_ERROR_FAILURE);
@@ -5293,14 +5303,17 @@ nsDocShell::InternalLoad(nsIURI * aURI,
              */
             OnNewURI(aURI, nsnull, mLoadType);
             nsCOMPtr<nsIInputStream> postData;
+            PRUint32 pageIdent = PR_UINT32_MAX;
             
             if (mOSHE) {
                 /* save current position of scroller(s) (bug 59774) */
                 mOSHE->SetScrollPosition(cx, cy);
-                // Get the postdata from the current page, if it was
-                // loaded through normal means.
-                if (aLoadType == LOAD_NORMAL || aLoadType == LOAD_LINK)
+                // Get the postdata and page ident from the current page,
+                // if the new load is being done via normal means.
+                if (aLoadType == LOAD_NORMAL || aLoadType == LOAD_LINK) {
                     mOSHE->GetPostData(getter_AddRefs(postData));
+                    mOSHE->GetPageIdentifier(&pageIdent);
+                }
             }
             
             /* Assign mOSHE to mLSHE. This will either be a new entry created
@@ -5314,6 +5327,11 @@ nsDocShell::InternalLoad(nsIURI * aURI,
                 // page will restore the appropriate postData.
                 if (postData)
                     mOSHE->SetPostData(postData);
+                
+                // Propagate our page ident to the new mOSHE so that
+                // we'll know it just differed by a scroll on the page.
+                if (pageIdent != PR_UINT32_MAX)
+                    mOSHE->SetPageIdentifier(pageIdent);
             }
 
             /* restore previous position of scroller(s), if we're moving
diff --git a/xpfe/components/shistory/public/nsISHEntry.idl b/xpfe/components/shistory/public/nsISHEntry.idl
index 863181b24a30..9e5d7336489b 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/shistory/public/nsISHEntry.idl
+++ b/xpfe/components/shistory/public/nsISHEntry.idl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 interface nsILayoutHistoryState;
 interface nsIDOMDocument;
 
-[scriptable, uuid(65281BA1-988A-11d3-BDC7-0050040A9B44)]
+[scriptable, uuid(6b596e1f-a3bd-40f9-a7ee-ab3edc7f9960)]
 interface nsISHEntry : nsISupports 
 {
 
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ attribute  unsigned long loadType;
  */
 attribute unsigned long ID;
 
+/**
+ * pageIdentifier is an integer that should be the same for two entries
+ * attached to the same docshell only if the two entries are entries for the
+ * same page in the sense that one could go from the state represented by one
+ * to the state represented by the other simply by scrolling (so the entries
+ * are separated by an anchor traversal or a subframe navigation in some other
+ * frame).
+ */
+attribute unsigned long pageIdentifier;
+
 /** attribute to set and get the cache key for the entry */
 attribute nsISupports cacheKey;
 
diff --git a/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.cpp b/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.cpp
index bebe564fc1aa..313e507b16b7 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.cpp
+++ b/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static PRUint32 gEntryID = 0;
 nsSHEntry::nsSHEntry() 
   : mLoadType(0)
   , mID(gEntryID++)
+  , mPageIdentifier(mID)
   , mScrollPositionX(0)
   , mScrollPositionY(0)
   , mIsFrameNavigation(PR_FALSE)
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ nsSHEntry::nsSHEntry(const nsSHEntry &other)
   , mLayoutHistoryState(other.mLayoutHistoryState)
   , mLoadType(0)         // XXX why not copy?
   , mID(other.mID)
+  , mPageIdentifier(other.mPageIdentifier)
   , mScrollPositionX(0)  // XXX why not copy?
   , mScrollPositionY(0)  // XXX why not copy?
   , mIsFrameNavigation(other.mIsFrameNavigation)
@@ -215,6 +217,18 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsSHEntry::SetID(PRUint32  aID)
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
+NS_IMETHODIMP nsSHEntry::GetPageIdentifier(PRUint32 * aResult)
+{
+  *aResult = mPageIdentifier;
+  return NS_OK;
+}
+
+NS_IMETHODIMP nsSHEntry::SetPageIdentifier(PRUint32 aPageIdentifier)
+{
+  mPageIdentifier = aPageIdentifier;
+  return NS_OK;
+}
+
 NS_IMETHODIMP nsSHEntry::GetIsSubFrame(PRBool * aFlag)
 {
   *aFlag = mIsFrameNavigation;
diff --git a/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.h b/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.h
index c54f5cf12626..f4fa459a0049 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.h
+++ b/xpfe/components/shistory/src/nsSHEntry.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ private:
   nsCOMArray<nsISHEntry>          mChildren;
   PRUint32                        mLoadType;  
   PRUint32                        mID;
+  PRUint32                        mPageIdentifier;
   PRInt32                         mScrollPositionX;
   PRInt32                         mScrollPositionY;
   PRPackedBool                    mIsFrameNavigation;