diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/repo/DiffCodeView.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/repo/DiffCodeView.svelte
index c9bb3f5e7..91007c6d4 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/repo/DiffCodeView.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/repo/DiffCodeView.svelte
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 	const LOOKAHEAD_ITEMS = 8;
 
 	let root: HTMLElement | undefined = $state();
+	let scroller: HTMLElement | undefined;
 	let contentHeight = $state(0);
 	let view: CodeView | undefined = $state.raw();
 	let initError = $state<string | undefined>();
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@
 			});
 
 			instance.setup(element);
+			scroller = element;
 			instance.setItems(files.map(itemOf));
 			appliedStyle = untrack(() => diffStyle);
 			appliedFiles = files;
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@
 			for (const id of [...headers.keys()]) dropHeader(id);
 			view?.cleanUp();
 			view = undefined;
+			scroller = undefined;
 		};
 	});
 
@@ -240,7 +243,7 @@
 	};
 
 	const syncScroll = () => {
-		const element = root;
+		const element = scroller;
 		if (!element) return;
 		const container = element.firstElementChild;
 		if (container) {
@@ -259,7 +262,7 @@
 
 	$effect(() => {
 		const instance = view;
-		const element = root;
+		const element = scroller;
 		if (!instance || !element) return;
 		syncScroll();
 		const observer = new ResizeObserver(syncScroll);