diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/hooks/use-navigate-to-entity-record.js b/packages/edit-post/src/hooks/use-navigate-to-entity-record.js
index b8c39865ecee8a..cd256ca7405203 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/hooks/use-navigate-to-entity-record.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/hooks/use-navigate-to-entity-record.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import { useCallback, useReducer } from '@wordpress/element';
-import { useSelect, useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
+import { useSelect, useDispatch, useRegistry } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { store as editorStore } from '@wordpress/editor';
+import { store as coreStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
+import { sprintf, __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 
 /**
  * A hook that records the 'entity' history in the post editor as a user
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ export default function useNavigateToEntityRecord(
 	initialPostType,
 	defaultRenderingMode
 ) {
+	const registry = useRegistry();
+
 	const [ postHistory, dispatch ] = useReducer(
 		( historyState, { type, post, previousRenderingMode } ) => {
 			if ( type === 'push' ) {
@@ -52,7 +56,23 @@ export default function useNavigateToEntityRecord(
 	const { setRenderingMode } = useDispatch( editorStore );
 
 	const onNavigateToEntityRecord = useCallback(
-		( params ) => {
+		async ( params ) => {
+			try {
+				await registry
+					.resolveSelect( coreStore )
+					.getPostType( params.postType );
+			} catch ( err ) {
+				throw new Error(
+					sprintf(
+						// translators: %s: the name of a post type.
+						__( `Unable to fetch post type "%s" from API.` ),
+						params.postType
+					),
+					{
+						cause: err,
+					}
+				);
+			}
 			dispatch( {
 				type: 'push',
 				post: { postId: params.postId, postType: params.postType },
@@ -61,7 +81,7 @@ export default function useNavigateToEntityRecord(
 			} );
 			setRenderingMode( defaultRenderingMode );
 		},
-		[ getRenderingMode, setRenderingMode, defaultRenderingMode ]
+		[ registry, getRenderingMode, setRenderingMode, defaultRenderingMode ]
 	);
 
 	const onNavigateToPreviousEntityRecord = useCallback( () => {