diff --git a/src/view/View.js b/src/view/View.js
index 39e896da..71368ee6 100644
--- a/src/view/View.js
+++ b/src/view/View.js
@@ -1440,7 +1440,11 @@ new function() { // Injection scope for event handling on the browser
             //   which can call `preventDefault()` explicitly or return `false`.
             // - If this is a unhandled mousedown event, but the view or tools
             //   respond to mouseup.
-            if (called && !mouse.move || mouse.down && responds('mouseup'))
+            //
+            // Some events are not cancelable anyway (like during a scroll inertia
+            // on mobile) so trying to prevent default in those case would result
+            // in no effect and an error.
+            if (event.cancelable !== false && (called && !mouse.move || mouse.down && responds('mouseup')))
                 event.preventDefault();
         },