diff --git a/src/TabNavList/index.tsx b/src/TabNavList/index.tsx
index 4e64f242..fd519dc9 100644
--- a/src/TabNavList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/TabNavList/index.tsx
@@ -611,8 +611,6 @@ const TabNavList = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, TabNavListProps>((props, ref
     <ResizeObserver onResize={onListHolderResize}>
       <div
         ref={useComposeRef(ref, containerRef)}
-        role="tablist"
-        aria-orientation={tabPositionTopOrBottom ? 'horizontal' : 'vertical'}
         className={clsx(`${prefixCls}-nav`, className, tabsClassNames?.header)}
         style={{ ...styles?.header, ...style }}
         onKeyDown={() => {
@@ -635,6 +633,8 @@ const TabNavList = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, TabNavListProps>((props, ref
             <ResizeObserver onResize={onListHolderResize}>
               <div
                 ref={tabListRef}
+                role="tablist"
+                aria-orientation={tabPositionTopOrBottom ? 'horizontal' : 'vertical'}
                 className={`${prefixCls}-nav-list`}
                 style={{
                   transform: `translate(${transformLeft}px, ${transformTop}px)`,
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap
index 43e22036..4f98014f 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ exports[`Tabs.Basic Normal 1`] = `
   class="rc-tabs rc-tabs-top"
 >
   <div
-    aria-orientation="horizontal"
     class="rc-tabs-nav"
-    role="tablist"
   >
     <div
       class="rc-tabs-nav-wrap rc-tabs-nav-wrap-ping-right"
     >
       <div
+        aria-orientation="horizontal"
         class="rc-tabs-nav-list"
+        role="tablist"
         style="transform: translate(0px, 0px);"
       >
         <div
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ exports[`Tabs.Basic Skip invalidate children 1`] = `
   class="rc-tabs rc-tabs-top"
 >
   <div
-    aria-orientation="horizontal"
     class="rc-tabs-nav"
-    role="tablist"
   >
     <div
       class="rc-tabs-nav-wrap"
     >
       <div
+        aria-orientation="horizontal"
         class="rc-tabs-nav-list"
+        role="tablist"
         style="transform: translate(0px, 0px);"
       >
         <div
diff --git a/tests/accessibility.test.tsx b/tests/accessibility.test.tsx
index 385d889c..0d160534 100644
--- a/tests/accessibility.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/accessibility.test.tsx
@@ -340,4 +340,27 @@ describe('Tabs.Accessibility', () => {
     expect(queryByRole('tab', { name: /Tab1/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(queryByRole('tab', { name: /Tab3/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('should scope tablist role to the nav list so extra content is not owned by the tablist', () => {
+    const { container, getByRole } = render(
+      createTabs({
+        tabBarExtraContent: {
+          left: <button type="button">Left Extra</button>,
+          right: <button type="button">Right Extra</button>,
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const navList = getByRole('tablist');
+    expect(navList).toHaveClass('rc-tabs-nav-list');
+    expect(container.querySelector('.rc-tabs-nav')).not.toHaveAttribute('role');
+
+    // Extra content and operations buttons live outside the tablist element,
+    // so the tablist only owns tab nodes (axe: aria-required-children).
+    // Confirm both extra buttons rendered first, so the querySelector below
+    // cannot pass vacuously when extra content fails to mount.
+    getByRole('button', { name: 'Left Extra' });
+    getByRole('button', { name: 'Right Extra' });
+    expect(navList.querySelector('button')).toBeNull();
+  });
 });