diff --git a/src/ui/hash.js b/src/ui/hash.js
index 78202ae79bd..82d98153b51 100644
--- a/src/ui/hash.js
+++ b/src/ui/hash.js
@@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ class Hash {
     }
 
     _updateHashUnthrottled() {
-        const hash = this.getHashString();
+        // Replace if already present, else append the updated hash string
+        const location = window.location.href.replace(/(#.+)?$/, this.getHashString());
         try {
-            window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, '', hash);
+            window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, null, location);
         } catch (SecurityError) {
             // IE11 does not allow this if the page is within an iframe created
             // with iframe.contentWindow.document.write(...).