diff --git a/Lib/ipaddress.py b/Lib/ipaddress.py
index 6978483544e621..873e1dd1712be4 100644
--- a/Lib/ipaddress.py
+++ b/Lib/ipaddress.py
@@ -1930,7 +1930,11 @@ def _reverse_pointer(self):
         This implements the method described in RFC3596 2.5.
 
         """
-        reverse_chars = self.exploded[::-1].replace(':', '')
+        exploded = self.exploded
+        scope_id = getattr(self, '_scope_id', None)
+        if scope_id:
+            exploded = exploded.replace('%' + scope_id, '', 1)
+        reverse_chars = exploded[::-1].replace(':', '')
         return '.'.join(reverse_chars) + '.ip6.arpa'
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py b/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py
index 375d45172a9f4d..7ce284f4b77845 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py
@@ -2763,6 +2763,14 @@ def testReversePointer(self):
                     '2.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.2.3.4.'
                     'ip6.arpa'
                 )
+             ),
+            # a scope id is not part of the pointer name
+            (
+                'fe80::1%eth0', (
+                    '1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.'
+                    '0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.e.f.'
+                    'ip6.arpa'
+                )
              )
         ]:
             with self.subTest('ipv6_reverse_pointer', addr=addr_v6):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-15-10-00-00.gh-issue-155836.Rv6Ptr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-15-10-00-00.gh-issue-155836.Rv6Ptr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fda69fbfcfedf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-15-10-00-00.gh-issue-155836.Rv6Ptr.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix :attr:`ipaddress.IPv6Address.reverse_pointer` returning an invalid name
+for an address carrying a scope id; the scope id is no longer spliced into the
+reverse DNS pointer.