diff --git a/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js b/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js
index 4d3fbc13797436..5f47fd9b48d812 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const NavigationContext = createContext( {
 		getMenu: noop,
 		addMenu: noop,
 		removeMenu: noop,
-		directSubMenus: {},
+		childMenu: {},
 		traverseMenu: noop,
 		isMenuEmpty: noop,
 	},
diff --git a/packages/components/src/navigation/use-create-navigation-tree.js b/packages/components/src/navigation/use-create-navigation-tree.js
index 66877522e4f48d..1db7ba9c94938d 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/navigation/use-create-navigation-tree.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/navigation/use-create-navigation-tree.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export const useCreateNavigationTree = () => {
 			addMenu( key, value );
 		},
 		removeMenu,
-		directSubMenus: childMenu,
+		childMenu,
 		traverseMenu,
 		isMenuEmpty,
 	};