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diff --git a/docutils/transforms/references.py b/docutils/transforms/references.py
index 25c3e72f2..0642a634a 100644
--- a/docutils/transforms/references.py
+++ b/docutils/transforms/references.py
@@ -893,7 +893,10 @@ class DanglingReferencesVisitor(nodes.SparseNodeVisitor):
msgid = self.document.set_id(msg)
prb = nodes.problematic(
node.rawsource, node.rawsource, refid=msgid)
- prbid = self.document.set_id(prb)
+ try:
+ prbid = node['ids'][0]
+ except IndexError:
+ prbid = self.document.set_id(prb)
msg.add_backref(prbid)
node.replace_self(prb)
else: