diff --git a/.changeset/neat-chicken-turn.md b/.changeset/neat-chicken-turn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5cfcf449bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/neat-chicken-turn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: cancel ongoing navigation when the browser back button is hit to prevent an incorrect page from being rendered
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
index e9b660f2cd36..8d476da26df0 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
@@ -1662,6 +1662,7 @@ export function create_client(app, target) {
 			});
 
 			addEventListener('popstate', async (event) => {
+				token = {};
 				if (event.state?.[INDEX_KEY]) {
 					// if a popstate-driven navigation is cancelled, we need to counteract it
 					// with history.go, which means we end up back here, hence this check
@@ -1693,7 +1694,8 @@ export function create_client(app, target) {
 							history.go(-delta);
 						},
 						type: 'popstate',
-						delta
+						delta,
+						nav_token: token
 					});
 				} else {
 					// since popstate event is also emitted when an anchor referencing the same