diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js
index 893167e6690f3c..c56cf1dab84e8f 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const linkOptions = [
 ];
 const ALLOWED_MEDIA_TYPES = [ 'image' ];
 const allowedBlocks = [ 'core/image' ];
+const LAYOUT = { type: 'default', alignments: [] };
 
 const PLACEHOLDER_TEXT = Platform.isNative
 	? __( 'ADD MEDIA' )
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ function GalleryEdit( props ) {
 		allowedBlocks,
 		orientation: 'horizontal',
 		renderAppender: false,
-		__experimentalLayout: { type: 'default', alignments: [] },
+		__experimentalLayout: LAYOUT,
 	} );
 
 	if ( ! hasImages ) {