diff --git a/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts b/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
index 53a9d138f5..c9d0e435b3 100644
--- a/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@ export const createIonRouter = (opts: IonicVueRouterOptions, router: Router) =>
   // TODO types
   let historyChangeListeners: any[] = [];
 
-  const currentRoute = router.currentRoute.value;
-  currentRouteInfo = {
-    id: generateId('routeInfo'),
-    pathname: currentRoute.path,
-    search: currentRoute.fullPath.split('?')[1] || '',
-    params: currentRoute.params
-  }
-  locationHistory.add(currentRouteInfo)
-
   if (typeof (document as any) !== 'undefined') {
     document.addEventListener('ionBackButton', (ev: Event) => {
       (ev as any).detail.register(0, (processNextHandler: () => void) => {
@@ -105,6 +96,13 @@ export const createIonRouter = (opts: IonicVueRouterOptions, router: Router) =>
       leavingLocationInfo = locationHistory.current();
     }
 
+    if (!leavingLocationInfo) {
+      leavingLocationInfo = {
+        pathname: '',
+        search: ''
+      }
+    }
+
     const leavingUrl = leavingLocationInfo.pathname + leavingLocationInfo.search;
     if (leavingUrl !== location.fullPath) {
       if (!incomingRouteParams) {