diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/core/dom.js b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/core/dom.js
index d1936859653..062e9bb0a1f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/core/dom.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/core/dom.js
@@ -529,7 +529,10 @@ var dom = {
         return size;
     },
     /**
-     * @param {HTMLElement} el - the element to stroll to
+     * @param {HTMLElement} el - the element to stroll to (limitation: if the
+     *      element is using a fixed position, this function cannot work except
+     *      if is the header (with the "top" id) or the footer (with the
+     *      "bottom" id) for which exceptions have been made)
      * @param {number} [options] - same as animate of jQuery
      * @param {number} [options.extraOffset=0]
      *      extra offset to add on top of the automatic one (the automatic one
@@ -555,6 +558,13 @@ var dom = {
         const isTopScroll = $scrollable.is($topLevelScrollable);
 
         function _computeScrollTop() {
+            if (el.id === 'top') {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (el.id === 'bottom') {
+                return $scrollable[0].scrollHeight - $scrollable[0].clientHeight;
+            }
+
             let offsetTop = $el.offset().top;
             if (el.classList.contains('d-none')) {
                 el.classList.remove('d-none');