diff --git a/src/pages/home/GettingStartedSection/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.ts b/src/pages/home/GettingStartedSection/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.ts
index 36fae51dc27d..4454198ed055 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/GettingStartedSection/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.ts
+++ b/src/pages/home/GettingStartedSection/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function useGettingStartedItems(): UseGettingStartedItemsResult {
         label: translate('homePage.gettingStartedSection.createWorkspace'),
         subText: translate('homePage.gettingStartedSection.createWorkspaceSubText'),
         isComplete: true,
-        route: shouldUseNarrowLayout ? ROUTES.WORKSPACE_INITIAL.getRoute(activePolicyID, Navigation.getActiveRoute()) : ROUTES.WORKSPACE_OVERVIEW.getRoute(activePolicyID),
+        route: shouldUseNarrowLayout ? ROUTES.WORKSPACE_INITIAL.getRoute(activePolicyID, ROUTES.HOME) : ROUTES.WORKSPACE_OVERVIEW.getRoute(activePolicyID),
     });
 
     if (intent === CONST.ONBOARDING_CHOICES.TRACK_PERSONAL) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.test.ts b/tests/unit/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.test.ts
index 34ae044f6326..f05cc024ef7f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/hooks/useGettingStartedItems.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention -- test fixtures use backend-shaped object keys that don't follow camelCase: email addresses for PolicyEmployeeList entries and human-readable names / 'GL Code' for PolicyCategories */
 import {renderHook, waitFor} from '@testing-library/react-native';
 
+import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
+
 import useGettingStartedItems from '@pages/home/GettingStartedSection/hooks/useGettingStartedItems';
 
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
@@ -1397,6 +1399,27 @@ describe('useGettingStartedItems', () => {
                 expect(createWorkspaceItem?.route).toContain(ROUTES.WORKSPACE_INITIAL.getRoute(POLICY_ID).split('?').at(0) ?? '');
             });
 
+            it('should pin the createWorkspace backTo to Home on narrow layout even when the active route has drifted to the workspace page', async () => {
+                // Regression guard for #96172: opening the Connect-to-accounting task re-renders this section while a
+                // workspaces/{id} route is active, so Navigation.getActiveRoute() returns that route. Baking it into backTo
+                // made the createWorkspace route self-referential (workspaces/{id}?backTo=workspaces/{id}), which the linkTo
+                // arePathAndBackToEqual guard swallows, so the tap did nothing. backTo must stay Home regardless of the live route.
+                const getActiveRouteSpy = jest.spyOn(Navigation, 'getActiveRoute').mockReturnValue(ROUTES.WORKSPACE_INITIAL.getRoute(POLICY_ID));
+                // renderHook re-renders as Onyx settles, so pin narrow across every render (mockReturnValueOnce gets consumed by an early render).
+                useResponsiveLayoutMock.mockReturnValue({shouldUseNarrowLayout: true});
+                try {
+                    await setupTrackWorkspaceScenario();
+
+                    const {result} = renderHook(() => useGettingStartedItems());
+
+                    const createWorkspaceItem = result.current.items.find((item) => item.key === 'createWorkspace');
+                    expect(createWorkspaceItem?.route).toBe(ROUTES.WORKSPACE_INITIAL.getRoute(POLICY_ID, ROUTES.HOME));
+                } finally {
+                    useResponsiveLayoutMock.mockReturnValue({shouldUseNarrowLayout: false});
+                    getActiveRouteSpy.mockRestore();
+                }
+            });
+
             it('should resolve customizeCategories route to WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES', async () => {
                 await setupTrackWorkspaceScenario();