diff --git a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/BaseHTMLEngineProvider.js b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/BaseHTMLEngineProvider.js
index e66e3e3187c9..d68954d4fff8 100755
--- a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/BaseHTMLEngineProvider.js
+++ b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/BaseHTMLEngineProvider.js
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ function AnchorRenderer(props) {
     const isAttachment = Boolean(htmlAttribs['data-expensify-source']);
     const fileName = lodashGet(props.tnode, 'domNode.children[0].data', '');
     const parentStyle = lodashGet(props.tnode, 'parent.styles.nativeTextRet', {});
-    const internalExpensifyPath = (htmlAttribs.href.startsWith(CONST.NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL) && htmlAttribs.href.replace(CONST.NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL, ''))
-        || (htmlAttribs.href.startsWith(CONST.STAGING_NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL) && htmlAttribs.href.replace(CONST.STAGING_NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL, ''));
+    const attrHref = htmlAttribs.href || '';
+    const internalExpensifyPath = (attrHref.startsWith(CONST.NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL) && attrHref.replace(CONST.NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL, ''))
+        || (attrHref.startsWith(CONST.STAGING_NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL) && attrHref.replace(CONST.STAGING_NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL, ''));
 
     // If we are handling a New Expensify link then we will assume this should be opened by the app internally. This ensures that the links are opened internally via react-navigation
     // instead of in a new tab or with a page refresh (which is the default behavior of an anchor tag)
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ function AnchorRenderer(props) {
             <Text
                 style={styles.link}
                 onPress={() => {
-                    Linking.openURL(htmlAttribs.href);
+                    Linking.openURL(attrHref);
                 }}
             >
                 <TNodeChildrenRenderer tnode={props.tnode} />
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ function AnchorRenderer(props) {
 
     return (
         <AnchorForCommentsOnly
-            href={htmlAttribs.href}
+            href={attrHref}
             isAuthTokenRequired={isAttachment}
 
             // Unless otherwise specified open all links in