diff --git a/swh/web/common/identifiers.py b/swh/web/common/identifiers.py
--- a/swh/web/common/identifiers.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/identifiers.py
@@ -140,9 +140,12 @@
                     revision = archive.lookup_revision(release["target"])
                     directory = revision["directory"]
             if object_type == ObjectType.CONTENT:
-                if not swhid_parsed.origin:
-                    # when no origin context, content objects need to have their
-                    # path prefixed by root directory id for proper breadcrumbs display
+                if (
+                    not swhid_parsed.origin
+                    and swhid_parsed.anchor.object_type != ObjectType.REVISION
+                ):
+                    # when no origin or revision context, content objects need to have
+                    # their path prefixed by root directory id for breadcrumbs display
                     query_dict["path"] = hash_to_hex(directory) + query_dict["path"]
                 else:
                     # remove leading slash from SWHID content path
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py b/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py
@@ -635,3 +635,40 @@
     swhid = gen_swhid(DIRECTORY, directory, metadata={"origin": malformed_origin_url})
     resolved_swhid = resolve_swhid(swhid)
     assert origin_url in resolved_swhid["browse_url"]
+
+
+@given(revision())
+def test_resolve_dir_entry_swhid_with_anchor_revision(archive_data, revision):
+    revision_data = archive_data.revision_get(revision)
+    directory = revision_data["directory"]
+    dir_content = archive_data.directory_ls(directory)
+    dir_entry = random.choice(dir_content)
+
+    rev_swhid = gen_swhid(REVISION, revision)
+
+    if dir_entry["type"] == "rev":
+        return
+
+    if dir_entry["type"] == "file":
+        swhid = gen_swhid(
+            CONTENT,
+            dir_entry["checksums"]["sha1_git"],
+            metadata={"anchor": rev_swhid, "path": f"/{dir_entry['name']}"},
+        )
+
+    else:
+        swhid = gen_swhid(
+            DIRECTORY,
+            dir_entry["target"],
+            metadata={"anchor": rev_swhid, "path": f"/{dir_entry['name']}/"},
+        )
+
+    browse_url = reverse(
+        "browse-revision",
+        url_args={"sha1_git": revision},
+        query_params={"path": dir_entry["name"]},
+    )
+
+    resolved_swhid = resolve_swhid(swhid)
+
+    assert resolved_swhid["browse_url"] == browse_url