diff --git a/src/CONST.js b/src/CONST.js
index 4c19965837d9..0349888a6693 100755
--- a/src/CONST.js
+++ b/src/CONST.js
@@ -2534,6 +2534,17 @@ const CONST = {
         DISTANCE: 'distance',
     },
     STATUS_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH: 100,
+    NAVIGATION: {
+        TYPE: {
+            FORCED_UP: 'FORCED_UP',
+            UP: 'UP',
+        },
+        ACTION_TYPE: {
+            REPLACE: 'REPLACE',
+            PUSH: 'PUSH',
+            NAVIGATE: 'NAVIGATE',
+        },
+    },
 };
 
 export default CONST;
diff --git a/src/libs/Navigation/Navigation.js b/src/libs/Navigation/Navigation.js
index 41f66967cc00..39f722c6b48a 100644
--- a/src/libs/Navigation/Navigation.js
+++ b/src/libs/Navigation/Navigation.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import NAVIGATORS from '../../NAVIGATORS';
 import originalGetTopmostReportId from './getTopmostReportId';
 import getStateFromPath from './getStateFromPath';
 import SCREENS from '../../SCREENS';
+import CONST from '../../CONST';
 
 let resolveNavigationIsReadyPromise;
 const navigationIsReadyPromise = new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ function goBack(fallbackRoute = ROUTES.HOME, shouldEnforceFallback = false, shou
     }
 
     if (shouldEnforceFallback || (isFirstRouteInNavigator && fallbackRoute)) {
-        navigate(fallbackRoute, 'UP');
+        navigate(fallbackRoute, CONST.NAVIGATION.TYPE.UP);
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libs/Navigation/linkTo.js b/src/libs/Navigation/linkTo.js
index c610ae710992..884a8aa02190 100644
--- a/src/libs/Navigation/linkTo.js
+++ b/src/libs/Navigation/linkTo.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import NAVIGATORS from '../../NAVIGATORS';
 import linkingConfig from './linkingConfig';
 import getTopmostReportId from './getTopmostReportId';
 import getStateFromPath from './getStateFromPath';
+import CONST from '../../CONST';
 
 /**
  * Motivation for this function is described in NAVIGATION.md
@@ -59,19 +60,23 @@ export default function linkTo(navigation, path, type) {
     const action = getActionFromState(state, linkingConfig.config);
 
     // If action type is different than NAVIGATE we can't change it to the PUSH safely
-    if (action.type === 'NAVIGATE') {
-        // If this action is navigating to the report screen and the top most navigator is different from the one we want to navigate - PUSH
-        if (action.payload.name === NAVIGATORS.CENTRAL_PANE_NAVIGATOR && getTopmostReportId(root.getState()) !== getTopmostReportId(state)) {
-            action.type = 'PUSH';
+    if (action.type === CONST.NAVIGATION.ACTION_TYPE.NAVIGATE) {
+        // In case if type is 'FORCED_UP' we replace current screen with the provided. This means the current screen no longer exists in the stack
+        if (type === CONST.NAVIGATION.TYPE.FORCED_UP) {
+            action.type = CONST.NAVIGATION.ACTION_TYPE.REPLACE;
+
+            // If this action is navigating to the report screen and the top most navigator is different from the one we want to navigate - PUSH the new screen to the top of the stack
+        } else if (action.payload.name === NAVIGATORS.CENTRAL_PANE_NAVIGATOR && getTopmostReportId(root.getState()) !== getTopmostReportId(state)) {
+            action.type = CONST.NAVIGATION.ACTION_TYPE.PUSH;
 
             // If the type is UP, we deeplinked into one of the RHP flows and we want to replace the current screen with the previous one in the flow
             // and at the same time we want the back button to go to the page we were before the deeplink
-        } else if (type === 'UP') {
-            action.type = 'REPLACE';
+        } else if (type === CONST.NAVIGATION.TYPE.UP) {
+            action.type = CONST.NAVIGATION.ACTION_TYPE.REPLACE;
 
             // If this action is navigating to the RightModalNavigator and the last route on the root navigator is not RightModalNavigator then push
         } else if (action.payload.name === NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR && _.last(root.getState().routes).name !== NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR) {
-            action.type = 'PUSH';
+            action.type = CONST.NAVIGATION.ACTION_TYPE.PUSH;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Report.js b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
index ec26c351de57..c1d271945609 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Report.js
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
@@ -849,6 +849,20 @@ function handleReportChanged(report) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // It is possible that we optimistically created a DM/group-DM for a set of users for which a report already exists.
+    // In this case, the API will let us know by returning a preexistingReportID.
+    // We should clear out the optimistically created report and re-route the user to the preexisting report.
+    if (report && report.reportID && report.preexistingReportID) {
+        Onyx.set(`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT}${report.reportID}`, null);
+
+        // Only re-route them if they are still looking at the optimistically created report
+        if (Navigation.getActiveRoute().includes(`/r/${report.reportID}`)) {
+            // Pass 'FORCED_UP' type to replace new report on second login with proper one in the Navigation
+            Navigation.navigate(ROUTES.getReportRoute(report.preexistingReportID), CONST.NAVIGATION.TYPE.FORCED_UP);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (report && report.reportID) {
         allReports[report.reportID] = report;
 
@@ -1720,7 +1734,7 @@ function openReportFromDeepLink(url, isAuthenticated) {
     InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions(() => {
         SidebarUtils.isSidebarLoadedReady().then(() => {
             if (reportID) {
-                Navigation.navigate(ROUTES.getReportRoute(reportID), 'UP');
+                Navigation.navigate(ROUTES.getReportRoute(reportID), CONST.NAVIGATION.TYPE.UP);
             }
             if (route === ROUTES.CONCIERGE) {
                 navigateToConciergeChat();