diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
index 1b4db41bcee12..b437595bd9e4d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
@@ -2335,6 +2335,7 @@ public function seek( $bookmark_name ) {
 
 		// Point this tag processor before the sought tag opener and consume it.
 		$this->bytes_already_parsed = $this->bookmarks[ $bookmark_name ]->start;
+		$this->parser_state         = self::STATE_READY;
 		return $this->next_token();
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor-bookmark.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor-bookmark.php
index 1041dabd439d8..a0a3b2aa44b4b 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor-bookmark.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor-bookmark.php
@@ -435,4 +435,49 @@ public function test_limits_the_number_of_seek_calls() {
 		$this->setExpectedIncorrectUsage( 'WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::seek' );
 		$this->assertFalse( $processor->seek( 'bookmark' ), "$i-th seek() to the bookmark succeeded, even though it should exceed the allowed limit" );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Ensures that it's possible to seek to an earlier location in a document even
+	 * after reaching the end of a document, when most functionality shuts down.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 60428
+	 *
+	 * @dataProvider data_incomplete_html_with_target_nodes_for_seeking
+	 *
+	 * @param string $html_with_target_element HTML string containing a tag with a `target` attribute.
+	 */
+	public function test_can_seek_after_document_ends( $html_with_target_element ) {
+		$processor = new WP_HTML_Tag_Processor( $html_with_target_element );
+
+		$sought_tag_name = null;
+		while ( $processor->next_tag() ) {
+			if ( null !== $processor->get_attribute( 'target' ) ) {
+				$processor->set_bookmark( 'target' );
+				$sought_tag_name = $processor->get_tag();
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->assertTrue(
+			$processor->seek( 'target' ),
+			'Should have been able to seek to the target bookmark after reaching the end of the document.'
+		);
+
+		$this->assertSame(
+			$sought_tag_name,
+			$processor->get_tag(),
+			"Should have found original target node instead of {$processor->get_tag()}."
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Data provider.
+	 *
+	 * @return array[].
+	 */
+	public static function data_incomplete_html_with_target_nodes_for_seeking() {
+		return array(
+			'Compete document'    => array( '<div><img target></div>' ),
+			'Incomplete document' => array( '<div><img target></div' ),
+		);
+	}
 }