diff --git a/src/pages/ValidateLoginPage/index.web.tsx b/src/pages/ValidateLoginPage/index.web.tsx
index 11fdec054209..2d3f045b170e 100644
--- a/src/pages/ValidateLoginPage/index.web.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/ValidateLoginPage/index.web.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ function ValidateLoginPage({
         credentials?.validateCode === validateCode &&
         credentials?.accountID === Number(accountID) &&
         (autoAuthStateWithDefault === CONST.AUTO_AUTH_STATE.JUST_SIGNED_IN || autoAuthStateWithDefault === CONST.AUTO_AUTH_STATE.FAILED);
-    const isUserClickedSignIn = !login && isSignedIn && (autoAuthStateWithDefault === CONST.AUTO_AUTH_STATE.SIGNING_IN || autoAuthStateWithDefault === CONST.AUTO_AUTH_STATE.JUST_SIGNED_IN);
+    // Exclude `exitTo` deep links (e.g. a workspace-chat invite link): those carry a specific
+    // destination that `handleExitToNavigation` owns, so this flag's Home redirect (focus effect
+    // below) must not fire and clobber it.
+    const isUserClickedSignIn =
+        !login && !exitTo && isSignedIn && (autoAuthStateWithDefault === CONST.AUTO_AUTH_STATE.SIGNING_IN || autoAuthStateWithDefault === CONST.AUTO_AUTH_STATE.JUST_SIGNED_IN);
     const shouldStartSignInWithValidateCode = !isUserClickedSignIn && !isSignedIn && (!!login || !!exitTo) && isValidValidateCode(validateCode);
     const isNavigatingToExitTo = isSignedIn && !!exitTo;
     // Fresh-session magic-link sign-in. Not gated on `isSignedIn` because `autoAuthState` lands
diff --git a/tests/ui/ValidateLoginPageTest.tsx b/tests/ui/ValidateLoginPageTest.tsx
index 787f07239622..554e72e4ff82 100644
--- a/tests/ui/ValidateLoginPageTest.tsx
+++ b/tests/ui/ValidateLoginPageTest.tsx
@@ -156,6 +156,38 @@ describe('ValidateLoginPage', () => {
         expect(Navigation.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ROUTES.HOME, {forceReplace: true});
     });
 
+    it('Should hand off to exitTo (not redirect Home) for a first-time invitee opening an exitTo magic link', async () => {
+        // Regression for #94549: an invited member opens `/v/<id>/<code>?exitTo=<destination>` with no
+        // cached `login` and JUST_SIGNED_IN. Before the fix `isUserClickedSignIn` matched this exactly and
+        // its focus effect force-redirected Home, clobbering the exitTo navigation. Excluding `exitTo`
+        // keeps that Home redirect from firing so `handleExitToNavigation` owns the deep-link destination.
+        await act(async () => {
+            await Onyx.set(ONYXKEYS.SESSION, {
+                authToken: 'abcd',
+                autoAuthState: CONST.AUTO_AUTH_STATE.JUST_SIGNED_IN,
+            });
+            await Onyx.set(ONYXKEYS.CREDENTIALS, {
+                accountID: 1,
+                validateCode: '123456',
+            });
+        });
+
+        renderPage({accountID: '1', validateCode: '123456', exitTo: 'concierge'});
+        await waitForBatchedUpdatesWithAct();
+
+        // The deferred destination handoff is registered with the exitTo route...
+        expect(handleExitToNavigation).toHaveBeenCalledWith('concierge');
+
+        // ...and even once protected routes become available, the competing Home redirect must not fire.
+        await act(async () => {
+            mockWaitForProtectedRoutes.resolve();
+            await Promise.resolve();
+        });
+        await waitForBatchedUpdatesWithAct();
+
+        expect(Navigation.navigate).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(ROUTES.HOME, {forceReplace: true});
+    });
+
     it('Should not navigate to home when a signed-in session opens /v/ to view the code (autoAuthState !== JUST_SIGNED_IN)', async () => {
         await act(async () => {
             await Onyx.set(ONYXKEYS.SESSION, {