I’m having bad luck reproducing this one. I’ve tried entering a topic in the middle, scrolling up and hitting back and it seems to work. I then tried deleting the post I was looking at (using a different browser) and even some before it. It always seemed to work.
The “jump back” is based on the index of the post, so even if it’s deleted while you’re looking at it, it should always find a post in that general area. I’m not sure how the button would do nothing!
What web browser are you using? Any extensions that might be interfering?