diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/inspector_v2/inspector_controller.dart b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/inspector_v2/inspector_controller.dart
index 79827334047..13b43c5ea3b 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/inspector_v2/inspector_controller.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/inspector_v2/inspector_controller.dart
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ class InspectorController extends DisposableController
       }
       if ((_receivedFlutterNavigationEvent || _receivedIsolateReloadEvent) &&
           extensionEventKind == 'Flutter.Frame') {
+        _refreshingAfterNavigationEvent = _receivedFlutterNavigationEvent;
         _receivedFlutterNavigationEvent = false;
         _receivedIsolateReloadEvent = false;
         await refreshInspector();
@@ -519,6 +520,8 @@ class InspectorController extends DisposableController
     }
   }
 
+  var _refreshingAfterNavigationEvent = false;
+
   RemoteDiagnosticsNode? _determineNewSelection(
     RemoteDiagnosticsNode? previousSelection,
   ) {
@@ -536,6 +539,17 @@ class InspectorController extends DisposableController
     ) = _findClosestUnchangedAncestor(previousSelection);
     if (closestUnchangedAncestor == null) return inspectorTree.root?.diagnostic;
 
+    // TODO(elliette): This might cause a race event that will set this to false
+    // for a subsequent navigate event. Consider passing the value of
+    // _refreshingAfterNavigationEvent through the method chain from where the
+    // navigation event is detected. This would require updating the interface
+    // of InspectorServiceClient.onForceRefresh, or refactoring to avoid doing
+    // so.
+    if (_refreshingAfterNavigationEvent) {
+      _refreshingAfterNavigationEvent = false;
+      return closestUnchangedAncestor;
+    }
+
     const distanceOffset = 3;
     final matchingDescendant = _findMatchingDescendant(
       of: closestUnchangedAncestor,