diff --git a/content/base/src/nsContentSink.cpp b/content/base/src/nsContentSink.cpp
index db26a387ccbb..8e50f1b95736 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsContentSink.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsContentSink.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,12 @@ nsContentSink::Init(nsIDocument* aDoc,
   mDocumentURI = aURI;
   mDocumentBaseURI = aURI;
   mDocShell = do_QueryInterface(aContainer);
+  if (mDocShell) {
+    PRUint32 loadType = 0;
+    mDocShell->GetLoadType(&loadType);
+    mChangeScrollPosWhenScrollingToRef =
+      ((loadType & nsIDocShell::LOAD_CMD_HISTORY) == 0);
+  }
 
   // use this to avoid a circular reference sink->document->scriptloader->sink
   nsCOMPtr<nsIScriptLoaderObserver> proxy =
@@ -886,18 +892,18 @@ nsContentSink::PrefetchHref(const nsAString &aHref, PRBool aExplicit)
 }
 
 
-PRBool
-nsContentSink::ScrollToRef(PRBool aReallyScroll)
+void
+nsContentSink::ScrollToRef()
 {
   if (mRef.IsEmpty()) {
-    return PR_FALSE;
+    return;
   }
 
   PRBool didScroll = PR_FALSE;
 
   char* tmpstr = ToNewCString(mRef);
   if (!tmpstr) {
-    return PR_FALSE;
+    return;
   }
 
   nsUnescape(tmpstr);
@@ -917,7 +923,7 @@ nsContentSink::ScrollToRef(PRBool aReallyScroll)
       // Check an empty string which might be caused by the UTF-8 conversion
       if (!ref.IsEmpty()) {
         // Note that GoToAnchor will handle flushing layout as needed.
-        rv = shell->GoToAnchor(ref, aReallyScroll);
+        rv = shell->GoToAnchor(ref, mChangeScrollPosWhenScrollingToRef);
       } else {
         rv = NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
       }
@@ -931,15 +937,13 @@ nsContentSink::ScrollToRef(PRBool aReallyScroll)
         rv = nsContentUtils::ConvertStringFromCharset(docCharset, unescapedRef, ref);
 
         if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && !ref.IsEmpty())
-          rv = shell->GoToAnchor(ref, aReallyScroll);
+          rv = shell->GoToAnchor(ref, mChangeScrollPosWhenScrollingToRef);
       }
       if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
-        didScroll = PR_TRUE;
+        mScrolledToRefAlready = PR_TRUE;
       }
     }
   }
-
-  return didScroll;
 }
 
 nsresult
@@ -1032,6 +1036,20 @@ nsContentSink::StartLayout(PRBool aIsFrameset)
   }
 }
 
+void
+nsContentSink::TryToScrollToRef()
+{
+  if (mRef.IsEmpty()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (mScrolledToRefAlready) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  ScrollToRef();
+}
+
 void
 nsContentSink::NotifyAppend(nsIContent* aContainer, PRUint32 aStartIndex)
 {
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsContentSink.h b/content/base/src/nsContentSink.h
index e61c961ac1ec..b3b9de0da78e 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsContentSink.h
+++ b/content/base/src/nsContentSink.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ protected:
 
   void PrefetchHref(const nsAString &aHref, PRBool aExplicit);
 
-  PRBool ScrollToRef(PRBool aReallyScroll);
+  void ScrollToRef();
   nsresult RefreshIfEnabled(nsIViewManager* vm);
   void StartLayout(PRBool aIsFrameset);
 
@@ -202,9 +202,7 @@ protected:
 
   virtual nsresult FlushTags() = 0;
 
-  virtual void TryToScrollToRef()
-  {
-  }
+  void TryToScrollToRef();
 
   // CanInterrupt parsing related routines
   nsresult AddDummyParserRequest(void);
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@ protected:
   PRUint8 mParsing : 1;
   PRUint8 mDroppedTimer : 1;
   PRUint8 mInTitle : 1;
-  PRUint8 unused : 2;  // bits available if someone needs one
+  PRUint8 mChangeScrollPosWhenScrollingToRef : 1;
   
   // -- Can interrupt parsing members --
   PRUint32 mDelayTimerStart;
diff --git a/content/html/document/src/nsHTMLContentSink.cpp b/content/html/document/src/nsHTMLContentSink.cpp
index 266316a5749c..88f1e85cb631 100644
--- a/content/html/document/src/nsHTMLContentSink.cpp
+++ b/content/html/document/src/nsHTMLContentSink.cpp
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ protected:
 
   void StartLayout();
 
-  void TryToScrollToRef();
-
   /**
    * AddBaseTagInfo adds the "current" base URI and target to the content node
    * in the form of bogo-attributes.  This MUST be called before attributes are
@@ -1847,14 +1845,7 @@ HTMLContentSink::DidBuildModel(void)
     }
   }
 
-  if (mDocShell) {
-    PRUint32 LoadType = 0;
-    mDocShell->GetLoadType(&LoadType);
-
-    if (ScrollToRef(!(LoadType & nsIDocShell::LOAD_CMD_HISTORY))) {
-      mScrolledToRefAlready = PR_TRUE;
-    }
-  }
+  ScrollToRef();
 
   nsScriptLoader *loader = mDocument->GetScriptLoader();
   if (loader) {
@@ -2826,22 +2817,6 @@ HTMLContentSink::StartLayout()
   nsContentSink::StartLayout(mFrameset != nsnull);
 }
 
-void
-HTMLContentSink::TryToScrollToRef()
-{
-  if (mRef.IsEmpty()) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (mScrolledToRefAlready) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (ScrollToRef(PR_TRUE)) {
-    mScrolledToRefAlready = PR_TRUE;
-  }
-}
-
 void
 HTMLContentSink::AddBaseTagInfo(nsIContent* aContent)
 {
diff --git a/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp b/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
index f530e527ce05..f9ebd153cc1c 100644
--- a/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
+++ b/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
@@ -347,16 +347,7 @@ nsXMLContentSink::DidBuildModel()
 
     StartLayout();
 
-#if 0 /* Disable until this works for XML */
-    //  Scroll to Anchor only if the document was *not* loaded through history means. 
-    if (mDocShell) {
-      PRUint32 documentLoadType = 0;
-      mDocShell->GetLoadType(&documentLoadType);
-      ScrollToRef(!(documentLoadType & nsIDocShell::LOAD_CMD_HISTORY));
-    }
-#else
-    ScrollToRef(PR_TRUE);
-#endif
+    ScrollToRef();
 
     mDocument->RemoveObserver(this);
 
@@ -437,14 +428,7 @@ nsXMLContentSink::OnTransformDone(nsresult aResult,
   // Start the layout process
   StartLayout();
 
-#if 0 /* Disable until this works for XML */
-  //  Scroll to Anchor only if the document was *not* loaded through history means. 
-  PRUint32 documentLoadType = 0;
-  docShell->GetLoadType(&documentLoadType);
-  ScrollToRef(!(documentLoadType & nsIDocShell::LOAD_CMD_HISTORY));
-#else
-  ScrollToRef(PR_TRUE);
-#endif
+  ScrollToRef();
 
   originalDocument->EndLoad();