diff --git a/lib/private/Preview/SVG.php b/lib/private/Preview/SVG.php
index 207c9dfb021c0..0400038d9802c 100644
--- a/lib/private/Preview/SVG.php
+++ b/lib/private/Preview/SVG.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function getThumbnail(File $file, int $maxX, int $maxY): ?IImage {
 			}
 
 			// Do not parse SVG files with references
-			if (stripos($content, 'xlink:href') !== false) {
+			if (preg_match('/["\s](xlink:)?href\s*=/i', $content)) {
 				return null;
 			}
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/Preview/SVGTest.php b/tests/lib/Preview/SVGTest.php
index 8764f3a5a9fdc..6a0e93e5f7942 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Preview/SVGTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Preview/SVGTest.php
@@ -29,4 +29,33 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			$this->markTestSkipped('No SVG provider present');
 		}
 	}
+
+	public function dataGetThumbnailSVGHref(): array {
+		return [
+			['href'],
+			[' href'],
+			["\nhref"],
+			['xlink:href'],
+			[' xlink:href'],
+			["\nxlink:href"],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataGetThumbnailSVGHref
+	 * @requires extension imagick
+	 */
+	public function testGetThumbnailSVGHref(string $content): void {
+		$handle = fopen('php://temp', 'w+');
+		fwrite($handle, '<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <image x="0" y="0"' . $content . '="fxlogo.png" height="100" width="100" />
+</svg>');
+		rewind($handle);
+
+		$file = $this->createMock(\OCP\Files\File::class);
+		$file->method('fopen')
+			->willReturn($handle);
+
+		self::assertNull($this->provider->getThumbnail($file, 512, 512));
+	}
 }