diff --git a/components/settings/__tests__/settings-phone-deep-link.test.tsx b/components/settings/__tests__/settings-phone-deep-link.test.tsx
index 80f8e963f..891eabe6d 100644
--- a/components/settings/__tests__/settings-phone-deep-link.test.tsx
+++ b/components/settings/__tests__/settings-phone-deep-link.test.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,37 @@ describe('Settings deep links on the phone', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText('appearance pane')).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it('adds one history entry however often the window crosses the phone breakpoint', () => {
+    window.history.replaceState(null, '', '/settings');
+    media.desktop = true;
+    const { rerender } = render(<SettingsApp linkSegments={[]} />);
+    const push = vi.spyOn(window.history, 'pushState');
+    const resize = (desktop: boolean) => {
+      media.desktop = desktop;
+      rerender(<SettingsApp linkSegments={[]} />);
+    };
+
+    resize(false);
+    expect(push).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    resize(true);
+    resize(false);
+    resize(true);
+    resize(false);
+    expect(push).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(screen.getByText('appearance pane')).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // Back from the page lands on the list...
+    act(() => {
+      window.history.replaceState(null, '', '/settings');
+      window.dispatchEvent(new PopStateEvent('popstate'));
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('settings-tab-organize')).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // ...and a page opened from there has a Back of its own.
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('settings-tab-organize'));
+    expect(push).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   it('opens a page at its top and keeps the place in the list', () => {
     window.history.replaceState(null, '', '/settings');
     render(<SettingsApp linkSegments={[]} />);
diff --git a/components/settings/settings-app.tsx b/components/settings/settings-app.tsx
index dff751d71..a3ff3f826 100644
--- a/components/settings/settings-app.tsx
+++ b/components/settings/settings-app.tsx
@@ -517,7 +517,12 @@ export function SettingsApp({ linkSegments: routeSegments }: SettingsAppProps =
         window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, '', listPath);
       }
     }
-    window.history.pushState({ __settingsSubmenu: true }, '');
+    // Once per open page: this runs again each time the window crosses the
+    // phone breakpoint, and the entry from the last crossing is still there.
+    // Back leaves that entry, so opening a page afterwards adds a new one.
+    if (!(window.history.state as { __settingsSubmenu?: boolean } | null)?.__settingsSubmenu) {
+      window.history.pushState({ __settingsSubmenu: true }, '');
+    }
 
     const handlePop = () => {
       setMobileShowContent(false);