diff --git a/src/components/AnchorForCommentsOnly/BaseAnchorForCommentsOnly.tsx b/src/components/AnchorForCommentsOnly/BaseAnchorForCommentsOnly.tsx
index 4da71d03330c2..5c34ce3fee4a7 100644
--- a/src/components/AnchorForCommentsOnly/BaseAnchorForCommentsOnly.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AnchorForCommentsOnly/BaseAnchorForCommentsOnly.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ function BaseAnchorForCommentsOnly({
             onPressIn={onPressIn}
             onPressOut={onPressOut}
             role={CONST.ROLE.LINK}
+            tabIndex={-1}
             accessibilityLabel={href}
             wrapperStyle={wrapperStyle}
         >
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ function BaseAnchorForCommentsOnly({
                     ref={linkRef}
                     style={StyleSheet.flatten([style, defaultTextStyle])}
                     role={CONST.ROLE.LINK}
+                    tabIndex={0}
                     hrefAttrs={{
                         rel,
                         target: isEmail || !linkProps.href ? '_self' : target,