diff --git a/src/pages/settings/Agents/AddAgentPage.tsx b/src/pages/settings/Agents/AddAgentPage.tsx
index d48ef8c1370d..9893a9ae97a6 100644
--- a/src/pages/settings/Agents/AddAgentPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/settings/Agents/AddAgentPage.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ function AddAgentPageContent({route, template}: AddAgentPageContentProps) {
         if (getIsNarrowLayout()) {
             // Reveal the DM under the modal before dismissing so we navigate directly to it in one animation,
             // instead of dismissing to the agents list first and navigating to the DM afterward.
-            Navigation.revealRouteBeforeDismissingModal(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(optimisticReportID));
+            // backTo points the DM header's back button at the agents list; without it, dismissing the whole
+            // settings modal stack leaves the list off the back stack, so back would fall through to the LHN.
+            Navigation.revealRouteBeforeDismissingModal(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(optimisticReportID, undefined, undefined, ROUTES.SETTINGS_AGENTS));
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/pages/settings/AddAgentPageTest.tsx b/tests/unit/pages/settings/AddAgentPageTest.tsx
index 67fdedb05983..b90d2a37179c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pages/settings/AddAgentPageTest.tsx
+++ b/tests/unit/pages/settings/AddAgentPageTest.tsx
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ describe('AddAgentPage', () => {
             expect(mockCreateAgent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Bot', 'Reject gambling.', OWNER_ACCOUNT_ID, OWNER_LOGIN, 'bot-avatar--blue', undefined, undefined, undefined);
             expect(mockClearNewAgentTemplate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
             expect(mockClearNewAgentAvatarDraft).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-            expect(mockRevealRouteBeforeDismissingModal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(OPTIMISTIC_REPORT_ID));
+            expect(mockRevealRouteBeforeDismissingModal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(OPTIMISTIC_REPORT_ID, undefined, undefined, ROUTES.SETTINGS_AGENTS));
         });
 
         it('forwards policyID from route params to createAgent', () => {
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ describe('AddAgentPage', () => {
             mockFormOnSubmit?.({firstName: 'Bot', prompt: 'Reject gambling.'});
 
             expect(mockCreateAgent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Bot', 'Reject gambling.', OWNER_ACCOUNT_ID, OWNER_LOGIN, 'bot-avatar--blue', undefined, undefined, 'POL_42');
-            expect(mockRevealRouteBeforeDismissingModal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(OPTIMISTIC_REPORT_ID));
+            expect(mockRevealRouteBeforeDismissingModal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(OPTIMISTIC_REPORT_ID, undefined, undefined, ROUTES.SETTINGS_AGENTS));
         });
 
         it('opens the DM in the RHP on wide layouts instead of the fullscreen report', () => {