diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/layout.js b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/layout.js
index 8b7527a28a0721..4a4a6ee7ffd240 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/layout.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/layout.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export const withLayoutStyles = createHigherOrderComponent(
 		const { name, attributes } = props;
 		const supportLayout = hasBlockSupport( name, '__experimentalLayout' );
 		const id = useInstanceId( BlockListBlock );
-		const defaultLayout = useEditorFeature( 'layout' );
+		const defaultLayout = useEditorFeature( 'layout' ) || {};
 		if ( ! supportLayout ) {
 			return <BlockListBlock { ...props } />;
 		}
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/group/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/group/edit.js
index 9a27a481dfb30a..9c2355dc7c3a99 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/group/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/group/edit.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function GroupEdit( { attributes, setAttributes, clientId } ) {
 		},
 		[ clientId ]
 	);
-	const defaultLayout = useEditorFeature( 'layout' );
+	const defaultLayout = useEditorFeature( 'layout' ) || {};
 	const { tagName: TagName = 'div', templateLock, layout = {} } = attributes;
 	const usedLayout = !! layout && layout.inherit ? defaultLayout : layout;
 	const { contentSize, wideSize } = usedLayout;
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/post-content/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/post-content/edit.js
index d583ffc1c49c9b..fcdb14198d7b10 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/post-content/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/post-content/edit.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function Content( { layout, postType, postId } ) {
 		const { getSettings } = select( blockEditorStore );
 		return getSettings()?.supportsLayout;
 	}, [] );
-	const defaultLayout = useEditorFeature( 'layout' );
+	const defaultLayout = useEditorFeature( 'layout' ) || {};
 	const usedLayout = !! layout && layout.inherit ? defaultLayout : layout;
 	const { contentSize, wideSize } = usedLayout;
 	const alignments =