diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
index 18e6a4210ee1b..ece549f57378b 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ function buildMenuLabel( title, id, status ) {
 	);
 }
 
-// Save a boolean to prevent us creating a fallback more than once per session.
-let hasCreatedFallback = false;
-
 export default function SidebarNavigationScreenNavigationMenus( { backPath } ) {
 	const {
 		records: navigationMenus,
@@ -61,21 +58,22 @@ export default function SidebarNavigationScreenNavigationMenus( { backPath } ) {
 		isResolvingNavigationMenus && ! hasResolvedNavigationMenus;
 
 	const { getNavigationFallbackId } = unlock( useSelect( coreStore ) );
+	const isCreatingNavigationFallback = useSelect(
+		( select ) =>
+			select( coreStore ).isResolving( 'getNavigationFallbackId' ),
+		[]
+	);
 
 	const firstNavigationMenu = navigationMenus?.[ 0 ];
 
-	// Save a boolean to prevent us creating a fallback more than once per session.
-	if ( firstNavigationMenu ) {
-		hasCreatedFallback = true;
-	}
-
 	// If there is no navigation menu found
 	// then trigger fallback algorithm to create one.
 	if (
 		! firstNavigationMenu &&
 		! isResolvingNavigationMenus &&
 		hasResolvedNavigationMenus &&
-		! hasCreatedFallback
+		// Ensure a fallback navigation is created only once
+		! isCreatingNavigationFallback
 	) {
 		getNavigationFallbackId();
 	}