diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts
index 2ce372fc03d85..9fa595a67650d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts
@@ -93,16 +93,23 @@ function doMpaNavigation(url: string): FetchServerResponseResult {
   }
 }
 
-// TODO: Figure out why this module is included in server page bundles.
-const win = typeof window === 'undefined' ? undefined : window
-const abortController = new AbortController()
+let abortController = new AbortController()
+
+if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+  // Abort any in-flight requests when the page is unloaded, e.g. due to
+  // reloading the page or performing hard navigations. This allows us to ignore
+  // what would otherwise be a thrown TypeError when the browser cancels the
+  // requests.
+  window.addEventListener('pagehide', () => {
+    abortController.abort()
+  })
 
-// Abort any in-flight requests when the page is unloaded, e.g. due to reloading
-// the page or performing hard navigations. This allows us to ignore what would
-// otherwise be a thrown TypeError when the browser cancels the requests.
-win?.addEventListener('pagehide', () => {
-  abortController.abort()
-})
+  // Use a fresh AbortController instance on pageshow, e.g. when navigating back
+  // and the JavaScript execution context is restored by the browser.
+  window.addEventListener('pageshow', () => {
+    abortController = new AbortController()
+  })
+}
 
 /**
  * Fetch the flight data for the provided url. Takes in the current router state
@@ -152,7 +159,12 @@ export async function fetchServerResponse(
         : 'low'
       : 'auto'
 
-    const res = await createFetch(url, headers, fetchPriority)
+    const res = await createFetch(
+      url,
+      headers,
+      fetchPriority,
+      abortController.signal
+    )
 
     const responseUrl = urlToUrlWithoutFlightMarker(res.url)
     const canonicalUrl = res.redirected ? responseUrl : undefined
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js
index 1f152de4f44cc..8d9166b1ec0e6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ export default function HomePage() {
       <Link href="/prefetch-auto/foobar" id="to-dynamic-page">
         To Dynamic Slug Page
       </Link>
+      <a href="/static-page" id="to-static-page-hard">
+        Hard Nav to Static Page
+      </a>
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/static-page/back-button.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/static-page/back-button.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e29215399d8f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/static-page/back-button.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use client'
+
+export function BackButton() {
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      id="go-back"
+      onClick={() => {
+        window.history.back()
+      }}
+    >
+      Go back
+    </button>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/static-page/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/static-page/page.js
index 73fda2a3aa729..006547ee01bef 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/static-page/page.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/static-page/page.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Link from 'next/link'
+import { BackButton } from './back-button'
 
 export default async function Page() {
   return (
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ export default async function Page() {
           To Same Page
         </Link>
       </p>
+      <p>
+        <BackButton />
+      </p>
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts
index 836e84efb287f..cbb6765a3559e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe('app dir - prefetching', () => {
 
   it('should not have prefetch error when reloading before prefetch request is finished', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/')
-    await browser.eval('window.nd.router.prefetch("/dashboard/123")')
+    await browser.eval('window.next.router.prefetch("/dashboard/123")')
     await browser.refresh()
     const logs = await browser.log()
 
@@ -92,6 +92,32 @@ describe('app dir - prefetching', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('should not suppress prefetches after navigating back', async () => {
+    if (!process.env.CI && process.env.HEADLESS) {
+      console.warn('This test can only run in headed mode. Skipping...')
+      return
+    }
+
+    // Force headed mode, as bfcache is not available in headless mode.
+    const browser = await next.browser('/', { headless: false })
+
+    // Trigger a hard navigation.
+    await browser.elementById('to-static-page-hard').click()
+
+    // Go back, utilizing the bfcache.
+    await browser.elementById('go-back').click()
+
+    let requests: string[] = []
+    browser.on('request', (req) => {
+      requests.push(new URL(req.url()).pathname)
+    })
+
+    await browser.evalAsync('window.next.router.prefetch("/dashboard/123")')
+    await browser.waitForIdleNetwork()
+
+    expect(requests).toInclude('/dashboard/123')
+  })
+
   it('should not fetch again when a static page was prefetched', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/404', browserConfigWithFixedTime)
     let requests: string[] = []