diff --git a/packages/next/client/components/navigation.ts b/packages/next/client/components/navigation.ts
index 39b3d7092521fb7..0d5f4dde633feb4 100644
--- a/packages/next/client/components/navigation.ts
+++ b/packages/next/client/components/navigation.ts
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ export function useSelectedLayoutSegments(
  */
 export function useSelectedLayoutSegment(
   parallelRouteKey: string = 'children'
-): string {
+): string | null {
   const selectedLayoutSegments = useSelectedLayoutSegments(parallelRouteKey)
   if (selectedLayoutSegments.length === 0) {
-    throw new Error('No selected layout segment below the current level')
+    return null
   }
 
   return selectedLayoutSegments[0]
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/[dynamic]/(group)/second/[...catchall]/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/[dynamic]/(group)/second/[...catchall]/page.js
index 470730ed05d66d3..5cda7e23cac8d81 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/[dynamic]/(group)/second/[...catchall]/page.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/[dynamic]/(group)/second/[...catchall]/page.js
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useSelectedLayoutSegments } from 'next/navigation'
+import {
+  useSelectedLayoutSegments,
+  useSelectedLayoutSegment,
+} from 'next/navigation'
 
 export default function Page() {
-  const selectedLayoutSegment = useSelectedLayoutSegments()
+  const selectedLayoutSegments = useSelectedLayoutSegments()
+  const selectedLayoutSegment = useSelectedLayoutSegment()
 
   return (
-    <p id="page-layout-segments">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegment)}</p>
+    <>
+      <p id="page-layout-segments">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegments)}</p>
+      <p id="page-layout-segment">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegment)}</p>
+    </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/layout.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/layout.js
index 6db1338e8278364..e79045c5ed1e7be 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/layout.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/layout.js
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useSelectedLayoutSegments } from 'next/navigation'
+import {
+  useSelectedLayoutSegments,
+  useSelectedLayoutSegment,
+} from 'next/navigation'
 
 export default function Layout({ children }) {
-  const selectedLayoutSegment = useSelectedLayoutSegments()
+  const selectedLayoutSegments = useSelectedLayoutSegments()
+  const selectedLayoutSegment = useSelectedLayoutSegment()
 
   return (
     <>
-      <p id="inner-layout">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegment)}</p>
+      <p id="inner-layout">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegments)}</p>
+      <p id="inner-layout-segment">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegment)}</p>
       {children}
     </>
   )
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/layout.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/layout.js
index 5d7974142e40f6d..3eeae83e65da1be 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/layout.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/app/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/layout.js
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useSelectedLayoutSegments } from 'next/navigation'
+import {
+  useSelectedLayoutSegments,
+  useSelectedLayoutSegment,
+} from 'next/navigation'
 
 export default function Layout({ children }) {
-  const selectedLayoutSegment = useSelectedLayoutSegments()
+  const selectedLayoutSegments = useSelectedLayoutSegments()
+  const selectedLayoutSegment = useSelectedLayoutSegment()
 
   return (
     <>
-      <p id="outer-layout">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegment)}</p>
+      <p id="outer-layout">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegments)}</p>
+      <p id="outer-layout-segment">{JSON.stringify(selectedLayoutSegment)}</p>
       {children}
     </>
   )
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/index.test.ts
index b589356462eebbf..9917364eb4ef5e1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/index.test.ts
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ describe('app dir', () => {
           }
         })
 
-        describe('useSelectedLayoutSegment', () => {
+        describe('useSelectedLayoutSegments', () => {
           it.each`
             path                                                           | outerLayout                                             | innerLayout
             ${'/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first'}                  | ${['first']}                                            | ${[]}
@@ -1303,6 +1303,38 @@ describe('app dir', () => {
             expect(JSON.parse($('#page-layout-segments').text())).toEqual([])
           })
         })
+
+        describe('useSelectedLayoutSegment', () => {
+          it.each`
+            path                                                           | outerLayout | innerLayout
+            ${'/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first'}                  | ${'first'}  | ${null}
+            ${'/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/slug1'}            | ${'first'}  | ${'slug1'}
+            ${'/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/slug2/second/a/b'} | ${'first'}  | ${'slug2'}
+          `(
+            'should have the correct layout segment at $path',
+            async ({ path, outerLayout, innerLayout }) => {
+              const html = await renderViaHTTP(next.url, path)
+              const $ = cheerio.load(html)
+
+              expect(JSON.parse($('#outer-layout-segment').text())).toEqual(
+                outerLayout
+              )
+              expect(JSON.parse($('#inner-layout-segment').text())).toEqual(
+                innerLayout
+              )
+            }
+          )
+
+          it('should return null in pages', async () => {
+            const html = await renderViaHTTP(
+              next.url,
+              '/hooks/use-selected-layout-segment/first/slug2/second/a/b'
+            )
+            const $ = cheerio.load(html)
+
+            expect(JSON.parse($('#page-layout-segment').text())).toEqual(null)
+          })
+        })
       })
 
       if (isDev) {