diff --git a/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go b/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
index b92b90561b99..1db3cbad7e1b 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ func (g *ASTTransformer) Transform(node *ast.Document, reader text.Reader, pc pa
 				var base string
 				if ctx.IsWiki {
 					base = ctx.Links.WikiLink()
+				} else if ctx.Links.HasBranchInfo() {
+					base = ctx.Links.SrcLink()
 				} else {
 					base = ctx.Links.Base
 				}
diff --git a/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go b/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
index 957d773acde1..1edfb3e66446 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ space</p>
 			Expected: `<p>space @mention-user<br/>
 /just/a/path.bin<br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/file.bin" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/file.bin</a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/src/branch/main/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/src/branch/main/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ space</p>
 			Expected: `<p>space @mention-user<br/>
 /just/a/path.bin<br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/file.bin" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/file.bin</a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/src/branch/main/sub/folder/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/src/branch/main/sub/folder/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>