diff --git a/apps/comments/lib/Search/CommentsSearchProvider.php b/apps/comments/lib/Search/CommentsSearchProvider.php
index 87a658cab1c6c..50f1a0c43a125 100644
--- a/apps/comments/lib/Search/CommentsSearchProvider.php
+++ b/apps/comments/lib/Search/CommentsSearchProvider.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use OCP\Search\SearchResult;
 use OCP\Search\SearchResultEntry;
 use function array_map;
-use function pathinfo;
 
 class CommentsSearchProvider implements IProvider {
 	public function __construct(
@@ -49,22 +48,25 @@ public function search(IUser $user, ISearchQuery $query): SearchResult {
 			$this->l10n->t('Comments'),
 			array_map(function (Result $result) {
 				$path = $result->path;
-				$pathInfo = pathinfo($path);
 				$isUser = $this->userManager->userExists($result->authorId);
 				$avatarUrl = $isUser
 					? $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('core.avatar.getAvatar', ['userId' => $result->authorId, 'size' => 42])
 					: $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('core.GuestAvatar.getAvatar', ['guestName' => $result->authorId, 'size' => 42]);
-				return new SearchResultEntry(
+				$link = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRoute(
+					'files.View.showFile',
+					['fileid' => $result->fileId]
+				);
+				$searchResultEntry = new SearchResultEntry(
 					$avatarUrl,
 					$result->name,
 					$path,
-					$this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('files.view.index', [
-						'dir' => $pathInfo['dirname'],
-						'scrollto' => $pathInfo['basename'],
-					]),
+					$link,
 					'',
 					true
 				);
+				$searchResultEntry->addAttribute('fileId', (string) $result->fileId);
+				$searchResultEntry->addAttribute('path', $path);
+				return $searchResultEntry;
 			}, $this->legacyProvider->search($query->getTerm()))
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/apps/comments/lib/Search/LegacyProvider.php b/apps/comments/lib/Search/LegacyProvider.php
index 3dbc51bbf38c1..f371adbb01ea7 100644
--- a/apps/comments/lib/Search/LegacyProvider.php
+++ b/apps/comments/lib/Search/LegacyProvider.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use OCP\Comments\IComment;
 use OCP\Comments\ICommentsManager;
 use OCP\Files\Folder;
+use OCP\Files\InvalidPathException;
 use OCP\Files\Node;
 use OCP\Files\NotFoundException;
 use OCP\IUser;
@@ -59,9 +60,10 @@ public function search($query): array {
 					$result[] = new Result($query,
 						$comment,
 						$displayName,
-						$file->getPath()
+						$file->getPath(),
+						$file->getId(),
 					);
-				} catch (NotFoundException $e) {
+				} catch (NotFoundException|InvalidPathException $e) {
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/apps/comments/lib/Search/Result.php b/apps/comments/lib/Search/Result.php
index a37b80686d23b..07a6e49294741 100644
--- a/apps/comments/lib/Search/Result.php
+++ b/apps/comments/lib/Search/Result.php
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class Result extends BaseResult {
 	 * @deprecated 20.0.0
 	 */
 	public $fileName;
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated 20.0.0
+	 */
+	public int $fileId;
 
 	/**
 	 * @throws NotFoundException
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		IComment $comment,
 		string $authorName,
 		string $path,
+		int $fileId,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct(
 			$comment->getId(),
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		$this->authorName = $authorName;
 		$this->fileName = basename($path);
 		$this->path = $this->getVisiblePath($path);
+		$this->fileId = $fileId;
 	}
 
 	/**