diff --git a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
index f30137894d91..decf23597c39 100644
--- a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
@@ -6446,33 +6446,23 @@ function getAllAncestorReportActions(report: Report | null | undefined): Ancesto
     let parentReportID = report.parentReportID;
     let parentReportActionID = report.parentReportActionID;
 
-    // Store the child of parent report
-    let currentReport = report;
-
     while (parentReportID) {
         const parentReport = getReport(parentReportID);
         const parentReportAction = ReportActionsUtils.getReportAction(parentReportID, parentReportActionID ?? '0');
 
-        if (!parentReportAction || ReportActionsUtils.isTransactionThread(parentReportAction) || ReportActionsUtils.isReportPreviewAction(parentReportAction)) {
+        if (!parentReport || !parentReportAction || ReportActionsUtils.isTransactionThread(parentReportAction) || ReportActionsUtils.isReportPreviewAction(parentReportAction)) {
             break;
         }
 
         const isParentReportActionUnread = ReportActionsUtils.isCurrentActionUnread(parentReport ?? {}, parentReportAction);
         allAncestors.push({
-            report: currentReport,
+            report: parentReport,
             reportAction: parentReportAction,
             shouldDisplayNewMarker: isParentReportActionUnread,
         });
 
-        if (!parentReport) {
-            break;
-        }
-
         parentReportID = parentReport?.parentReportID;
         parentReportActionID = parentReport?.parentReportActionID;
-        if (!isEmptyObject(parentReport)) {
-            currentReport = parentReport;
-        }
     }
 
     return allAncestors.reverse();
diff --git a/tests/unit/ReportUtilsTest.ts b/tests/unit/ReportUtilsTest.ts
index 81d8bd8357f0..1e822f9d2cbb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ReportUtilsTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/ReportUtilsTest.ts
@@ -812,10 +812,10 @@ describe('ReportUtils', () => {
 
         it('should return correctly all ancestors of a thread report', () => {
             const resultAncestors = [
-                {report: reports[1], reportAction: reportActions[0], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
-                {report: reports[2], reportAction: reportActions[1], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
-                {report: reports[3], reportAction: reportActions[2], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
-                {report: reports[4], reportAction: reportActions[3], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
+                {report: reports[0], reportAction: reportActions[0], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
+                {report: reports[1], reportAction: reportActions[1], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
+                {report: reports[2], reportAction: reportActions[2], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
+                {report: reports[3], reportAction: reportActions[3], shouldDisplayNewMarker: false},
             ];
 
             expect(ReportUtils.getAllAncestorReportActions(reports[4])).toEqual(resultAncestors);