diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/form/navigate-away-prompt.js b/frontend/src/utils/form/navigate-away-prompt.js
index 077279e13..2f72c355d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/form/navigate-away-prompt.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/form/navigate-away-prompt.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class NavigateAwayPrompt {
     // allow the event to happen if the form was not touched by the
     // user (i.e. if the current FormData is equal to the initial FormData)
     // or the unload event was initiated by a form submit
-    if (!formDataHasChanged || this.unloadDueToSubmit || this._parentModalIsClosed())
+    if (!formDataHasChanged || this._unloadDueToSubmit || this._parentModalIsClosed())
       return;
 
     // cancel the unload event. This is the standard to force the prompt to appear.