diff --git a/src/common/FrameManager.ts b/src/common/FrameManager.ts
index 5cfea9a9acbfc..25f8067f2da05 100644
--- a/src/common/FrameManager.ts
+++ b/src/common/FrameManager.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ export class FrameManager extends EventEmitter {
       timeout = this.#timeoutSettings.navigationTimeout(),
     } = options;
 
+    let ensureNewDocumentNavigation = false;
     const watcher = new LifecycleWatcher(this, frame, waitUntil, timeout);
     let error = await Promise.race([
       navigate(this.#client, url, referer, frame._id),
@@ -221,8 +222,9 @@ export class FrameManager extends EventEmitter {
     if (!error) {
       error = await Promise.race([
         watcher.timeoutOrTerminationPromise(),
-        watcher.newDocumentNavigationPromise(),
-        watcher.sameDocumentNavigationPromise(),
+        ensureNewDocumentNavigation
+          ? watcher.newDocumentNavigationPromise()
+          : watcher.sameDocumentNavigationPromise(),
       ]);
     }
     watcher.dispose();
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ export class FrameManager extends EventEmitter {
           referrer,
           frameId,
         });
+        ensureNewDocumentNavigation = !!response.loaderId;
         return response.errorText
           ? new Error(`${response.errorText} at ${url}`)
           : null;
diff --git a/src/common/LifecycleWatcher.ts b/src/common/LifecycleWatcher.ts
index c68d527774457..15746c419e334 100644
--- a/src/common/LifecycleWatcher.ts
+++ b/src/common/LifecycleWatcher.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export class LifecycleWatcher {
   #timeout: number;
   #navigationRequest: HTTPRequest | null = null;
   #eventListeners: PuppeteerEventListener[];
+  #initialLoaderId: string;
 
   #sameDocumentNavigationCompleteCallback: (x?: Error) => void = noop;
   #sameDocumentNavigationPromise = new Promise<Error | undefined>(fulfill => {
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ export class LifecycleWatcher {
 
   #maximumTimer?: NodeJS.Timeout;
   #hasSameDocumentNavigation?: boolean;
-  #newDocumentNavigation?: boolean;
   #swapped?: boolean;
 
   constructor(
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export class LifecycleWatcher {
     } else if (typeof waitUntil === 'string') {
       waitUntil = [waitUntil];
     }
+    this.#initialLoaderId = frame._loaderId;
     this.#expectedLifecycle = waitUntil.map(value => {
       const protocolEvent = puppeteerToProtocolLifecycle.get(value);
       assert(protocolEvent, 'Unknown value for options.waitUntil: ' + value);
@@ -232,7 +233,6 @@ export class LifecycleWatcher {
     if (frame !== this.#frame) {
       return;
     }
-    this.#newDocumentNavigation = true;
     this.#checkLifecycleComplete();
   }
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export class LifecycleWatcher {
     if (this.#hasSameDocumentNavigation) {
       this.#sameDocumentNavigationCompleteCallback();
     }
-    if (this.#swapped || this.#newDocumentNavigation) {
+    if (this.#swapped || this.#frame._loaderId !== this.#initialLoaderId) {
       this.#newDocumentNavigationCompleteCallback();
     }