diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab.tsx
index 2ac282654a9..76e8bee812e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 
 import { _t } from "../../../../../languageHandler";
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../../../MatrixClientPeg";
-import AccessibleButton from "../../../elements/AccessibleButton";
+import AccessibleButton, { ButtonEvent } from "../../../elements/AccessibleButton";
 import Notifier from "../../../../../Notifier";
 import SettingsStore from '../../../../../settings/SettingsStore';
 import { SettingLevel } from "../../../../../settings/SettingLevel";
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ export default class NotificationsSettingsTab extends React.Component<IProps, IS
         this.forceUpdate();
     };
 
-    private onOpenSettingsClick = () => {
+    private onOpenSettingsClick = (event: ButtonEvent) => {
+        // avoid selecting the radio button
+        event.preventDefault();
         this.props.closeSettingsFn();
         defaultDispatcher.dispatch({
             action: Action.ViewUserSettings,
diff --git a/test/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab-test.tsx b/test/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab-test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a48a7fc135e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab-test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import React from "react";
+import { render, RenderResult } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+
+import NotificationSettingsTab from "../../../../../../src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab";
+import { mkStubRoom, stubClient } from "../../../../../test-utils";
+import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../../../../src/MatrixClientPeg";
+import { EchoChamber } from "../../../../../../src/stores/local-echo/EchoChamber";
+import { RoomEchoChamber } from "../../../../../../src/stores/local-echo/RoomEchoChamber";
+
+describe("NotificatinSettingsTab", () => {
+    const roomId = "!room:example.com";
+    let cli: MatrixClient;
+    let roomProps: RoomEchoChamber;
+
+    const renderTab = (): RenderResult => {
+        return render(<NotificationSettingsTab roomId={roomId} closeSettingsFn={() => { }} />);
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        stubClient();
+        cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        const room = mkStubRoom(roomId, "test room", cli);
+        roomProps = EchoChamber.forRoom(room);
+
+        NotificationSettingsTab.contextType = React.createContext(cli);
+    });
+
+    it("should prevent »Settings« link click from bubbling up to radio buttons", async () => {
+        const tab = renderTab();
+
+        // settings link of mentions_only volume
+        const settingsLink = tab.container.querySelector(
+            "label.mx_NotificationSettingsTab_mentionsKeywordsEntry div.mx_AccessibleButton");
+        if (!settingsLink) throw new Error("settings link does not exist.");
+
+        await userEvent.click(settingsLink);
+
+        expect(roomProps.notificationVolume).not.toBe("mentions_only");
+    });
+});