diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 3f4c14f95d0..2e3f3e2ebb6 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -3525,9 +3525,9 @@
 			var _this = this;
 			var $scrollContainer = this.$container;
 			if ($scrollContainer[0] === window) {
-				// need to use "body" to animate scrolling
+				// need to use "html" to animate scrolling
 				// when the scroll container is the window
-				$scrollContainer = $('body');
+				$scrollContainer = $('html');
 			}
 			$scrollContainer.animate({
 				// Scrolling to the top of the new element