diff --git a/packages/customize-widgets/src/store/selectors.js b/packages/customize-widgets/src/store/selectors.js
index abe2cb89c9f6a..b62f7ec1d8709 100644
--- a/packages/customize-widgets/src/store/selectors.js
+++ b/packages/customize-widgets/src/store/selectors.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+const EMPTY_INSERTION_POINT = {
+	rootClientId: undefined,
+	insertionIndex: undefined,
+};
+
 /**
  * Returns true if the inserter is opened.
  *
@@ -35,6 +40,9 @@ export function isInserterOpened( state ) {
  * @return {Object} The root client ID and index to insert at.
  */
 export function __experimentalGetInsertionPoint( state ) {
-	const { rootClientId, insertionIndex } = state.blockInserterPanel;
-	return { rootClientId, insertionIndex };
+	if ( typeof state === 'boolean' ) {
+		return EMPTY_INSERTION_POINT;
+	}
+
+	return state.blockInserterPanel;
 }
diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/store/selectors.js b/packages/edit-post/src/store/selectors.js
index 5ae7d6b4437b7..a30bcc188b496 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/store/selectors.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/store/selectors.js
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import deprecated from '@wordpress/deprecated';
 
 const EMPTY_ARRAY = [];
 const EMPTY_OBJECT = {};
+const EMPTY_INSERTION_POINT = {
+	rootClientId: undefined,
+	insertionIndex: undefined,
+	filterValue: undefined,
+};
 
 /**
  * Returns the current editing mode.
@@ -472,9 +477,11 @@ export function isInserterOpened( state ) {
  * @return {Object} The root client ID, index to insert at and starting filter value.
  */
 export function __experimentalGetInsertionPoint( state ) {
-	const { rootClientId, insertionIndex, filterValue } =
-		state.blockInserterPanel;
-	return { rootClientId, insertionIndex, filterValue };
+	if ( typeof state === 'boolean' ) {
+		return EMPTY_INSERTION_POINT;
+	}
+
+	return state.blockInserterPanel;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/edit-widgets/src/store/selectors.js b/packages/edit-widgets/src/store/selectors.js
index 80bcddfead7b3..63f33475eb3c5 100644
--- a/packages/edit-widgets/src/store/selectors.js
+++ b/packages/edit-widgets/src/store/selectors.js
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ import {
 } from './utils';
 import { STORE_NAME as editWidgetsStoreName } from './constants';
 
+const EMPTY_INSERTION_POINT = {
+	rootClientId: undefined,
+	insertionIndex: undefined,
+};
+
 /**
  * Returns all API widgets.
  *
@@ -254,8 +259,11 @@ export function isInserterOpened( state ) {
  * @return {Object} The root client ID and index to insert at.
  */
 export function __experimentalGetInsertionPoint( state ) {
-	const { rootClientId, insertionIndex } = state.blockInserterPanel;
-	return { rootClientId, insertionIndex };
+	if ( typeof state === 'boolean' ) {
+		return EMPTY_INSERTION_POINT;
+	}
+
+	return state.blockInserterPanel;
 }
 
 /**