diff --git a/accessible/base/nsAccessibilityService.cpp b/accessible/base/nsAccessibilityService.cpp
index 9503bd7aab14..f9bec41d2d32 100644
--- a/accessible/base/nsAccessibilityService.cpp
+++ b/accessible/base/nsAccessibilityService.cpp
@@ -568,8 +568,12 @@ void nsAccessibilityService::NotifyOfAnchorJumpTo(nsIContent* aTargetNode) {
   const Accessible* focusedAcc = FocusedAccessible();
   if (focusedAcc &&
       (focusedAcc == document || focusedAcc->IsNonInteractive())) {
-    LocalAccessible* targetAcc = document->GetAccessible(aTargetNode);
-    if (targetAcc) {
+    LocalAccessible* targetAcc =
+        document->GetAccessibleOrContainer(aTargetNode);
+    // If targetAcc is the document, this isn't useful. It's possible we just
+    // haven't built the initial tree yet. Regardless, we don't want to fire an
+    // event for the document here.
+    if (targetAcc && !targetAcc->IsDoc()) {
       nsEventShell::FireEvent(nsIAccessibleEvent::EVENT_SCROLLING_START,
                               targetAcc);
       document->SetAnchorJump(nullptr);
diff --git a/accessible/tests/browser/text/browser_highlights.js b/accessible/tests/browser/text/browser_highlights.js
index 075db44b601a..dbd351d5e04f 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/browser/text/browser_highlights.js
+++ b/accessible/tests/browser/text/browser_highlights.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const boldAttrs = { "font-weight": "700" };
 const fragmentAttrs = { mark: "true" };
 const snippet = `
 <p id="first">The first phrase.</p>
-<p id="second">The second <b>phrase.</b></p>
+<p id="second">The <i>second <b>phrase.</b></i></p>
 `;
 
 /**