diff --git a/tests/page/page-click.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-click.spec.ts
index ebe4ce11b1..10421078c1 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-click.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-click.spec.ts
@@ -613,7 +613,8 @@ it('should climb up to [role=button]', async ({ page }) => {
 
 it('should climb up to a anchor', async ({ page }) => {
   // For Firefox its not allowed to return anything: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1392046
-  await page.setContent(`<a href="javascript:(function(){window.__CLICKED=true})()" id="outer"><div id="inner" style="pointer-events: none">Inner</div></a>`);
+  // Note the intermediate div - it is necessary, otherwise <a><non-clickable/></a> is not recognized as a clickable link.
+  await page.setContent(`<a href="javascript:(function(){window.__CLICKED=true})()" id="outer"><div id="intermediate"><div id="inner" style="pointer-events: none">Inner</div></div></a>`);
   await page.click('#inner');
   expect(await page.evaluate('__CLICKED')).toBe(true);
 });