diff --git a/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/actions.js b/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/actions.js
index e7e94d65ac7fb..587e4cf62e080 100644
--- a/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/actions.js
+++ b/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/actions.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 	select,
 	apiFetch,
 } from './controls';
+import { NAVIGATION_POST_KIND, NAVIGATION_POST_POST_TYPE } from '../constants';
 import {
 	menuItemsQuery,
 	serializeProcessing,
@@ -136,6 +137,16 @@ export const saveNavigationPost = serializeProcessing( function* ( post ) {
 			throw new Error( batchSaveResponse.data.message );
 		}
 
+		// Clear "stub" navigation post edits to avoid a false "dirty" state.
+		yield dispatch(
+			'core',
+			'receiveEntityRecords',
+			NAVIGATION_POST_KIND,
+			NAVIGATION_POST_POST_TYPE,
+			[ post ],
+			undefined
+		);
+
 		yield dispatch(
 			noticesStore,
 			'createSuccessNotice',
diff --git a/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/test/actions.js b/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/test/actions.js
index c3e90091fccb2..0c2bf7c90f681 100644
--- a/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/test/actions.js
+++ b/packages/edit-navigation/src/store/test/actions.js
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ import {
 	apiFetch,
 } from '../controls';
 import { menuItemsQuery, computeCustomizedAttribute } from '../utils';
+import {
+	NAVIGATION_POST_KIND,
+	NAVIGATION_POST_POST_TYPE,
+} from '../../constants';
 
 jest.mock( '../utils', () => {
 	const utils = jest.requireActual( '../utils' );
@@ -358,6 +362,17 @@ describe( 'saveNavigationPost', () => {
 		);
 
 		expect( action.next( { success: true } ).value ).toEqual(
+			dispatch(
+				'core',
+				'receiveEntityRecords',
+				NAVIGATION_POST_KIND,
+				NAVIGATION_POST_POST_TYPE,
+				[ post ],
+				undefined
+			)
+		);
+
+		expect( action.next().value ).toEqual(
 			dispatch(
 				noticesStore,
 				'createSuccessNotice',