diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/shared/ui/vm_flag_widgets.dart b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/shared/ui/vm_flag_widgets.dart
index 30a359c3111..4cdae9a510b 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/shared/ui/vm_flag_widgets.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/shared/ui/vm_flag_widgets.dart
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ class ViewVmFlagsButton extends StatelessWidget {
       gaSelection: gac.HomeScreenEvents.viewVmFlags.name,
       minScreenWidthForTextBeforeScaling: minScreenWidthForTextBeforeScaling,
       onPressed: () {
-        Navigator.of(context, rootNavigator: true).pop('dialog');
         unawaited(
           showDialog(
             context: context,
diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/release_notes/NEXT_RELEASE_NOTES.md b/packages/devtools_app/release_notes/NEXT_RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 150a8429e85..c3f69ed403b 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/release_notes/NEXT_RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/release_notes/NEXT_RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ To learn more about DevTools, check out the
 
 ## General updates
 
-Fixed a bug that was causing data filters to be cleared when clearing data
+* Fixed a bug that was causing data filters to be cleared when clearing data
 on the Network and Logging screens. - [#8407](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8407)
+* Fixed a bug that was causing the navigator to lose state when opening the VM
+Flags dialog. - [#8413](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8413)
 
 ## Inspector updates