diff --git a/src/libs/Navigation/OnyxTabNavigator.tsx b/src/libs/Navigation/OnyxTabNavigator.tsx
index a1d9d1786dd2..5c5bbe201ab4 100644
--- a/src/libs/Navigation/OnyxTabNavigator.tsx
+++ b/src/libs/Navigation/OnyxTabNavigator.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import {createMaterialTopTabNavigator} from '@react-navigation/material-top-tabs
 import type {EventMapCore, NavigationState, ScreenListeners} from '@react-navigation/native';
 import {useRoute} from '@react-navigation/native';
 import React, {useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useState} from 'react';
-import type {OnyxEntry} from 'react-native-onyx';
-import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
+import {useOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
 import FocusTrapContainerElement from '@components/FocusTrap/FocusTrapContainerElement';
 import type {TabSelectorProps} from '@components/TabSelector/TabSelector';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
@@ -13,40 +12,36 @@ import Tab from '@userActions/Tab';
 import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
 import type {SelectedTabRequest} from '@src/types/onyx';
 import type ChildrenProps from '@src/types/utils/ChildrenProps';
+import isLoadingOnyxValue from '@src/types/utils/isLoadingOnyxValue';
 import {defaultScreenOptions} from './OnyxTabNavigatorConfig';
 
-type OnyxTabNavigatorOnyxProps = {
-    selectedTab: OnyxEntry<SelectedTabRequest>;
-};
-
-type OnyxTabNavigatorProps = OnyxTabNavigatorOnyxProps &
-    ChildrenProps & {
-        /** ID of the tab component to be saved in onyx */
-        id: string;
+type OnyxTabNavigatorProps = ChildrenProps & {
+    /** ID of the tab component to be saved in onyx */
+    id: string;
 
-        /** Name of the selected tab */
-        selectedTab?: SelectedTabRequest;
+    /** Name of the selected tab */
+    defaultSelectedTab?: SelectedTabRequest;
 
-        /** A function triggered when a tab has been selected */
-        onTabSelected?: (newIouType: IOURequestType) => void;
+    /** A function triggered when a tab has been selected */
+    onTabSelected?: (newIouType: IOURequestType) => void;
 
-        tabBar: (props: TabSelectorProps) => React.ReactNode;
+    tabBar: (props: TabSelectorProps) => React.ReactNode;
 
-        screenListeners?: ScreenListeners<NavigationState, MaterialTopTabNavigationEventMap>;
+    screenListeners?: ScreenListeners<NavigationState, MaterialTopTabNavigationEventMap>;
 
-        /** Callback to register the focus trap container elements of the current active tab.
-         * Use this in the parent component to get the focus trap container element of the active tab,
-         * then pass it to the ScreenWrapper so that only focusable elements of the active tab are included in the focus trap
-         * Check the `IOURequestStartPage.tsx` and `NewChatSelectorPage.tsx` components for example usage
-         */
-        onActiveTabFocusTrapContainerElementChanged?: (containerElement: HTMLElement | null) => void;
+    /** Callback to register the focus trap container elements of the current active tab.
+     * Use this in the parent component to get the focus trap container element of the active tab,
+     * then pass it to the ScreenWrapper so that only focusable elements of the active tab are included in the focus trap
+     * Check the `IOURequestStartPage.tsx` and `NewChatSelectorPage.tsx` components for example usage
+     */
+    onActiveTabFocusTrapContainerElementChanged?: (containerElement: HTMLElement | null) => void;
 
-        /** Callback to register the focus trap container elements of the tab bar.
-         * This callback is useful when the custom-rendered tab bar is supporting the focus trap container element registration (which is the case of `TabSelector.tsx` component).
-         * Together, with the `onActiveTabFocusTrapContainerElementChanged` callback, we can manage the focus trap of the tab navigator in the parent component.
-         */
-        onTabBarFocusTrapContainerElementChanged?: (containerElement: HTMLElement | null) => void;
-    };
+    /** Callback to register the focus trap container elements of the tab bar.
+     * This callback is useful when the custom-rendered tab bar is supporting the focus trap container element registration (which is the case of `TabSelector.tsx` component).
+     * Together, with the `onActiveTabFocusTrapContainerElementChanged` callback, we can manage the focus trap of the tab navigator in the parent component.
+     */
+    onTabBarFocusTrapContainerElementChanged?: (containerElement: HTMLElement | null) => void;
+};
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line rulesdir/no-inline-named-export
 const TopTab = createMaterialTopTabNavigator();
@@ -60,7 +55,7 @@ const TabFocusTrapContext = React.createContext<(tabName: string, containerEleme
 // It also takes 2 more optional callbacks to manage the focus trap container elements of the tab bar and the active tab
 function OnyxTabNavigator({
     id,
-    selectedTab,
+    defaultSelectedTab,
     tabBar: TabBar,
     children,
     onTabBarFocusTrapContainerElementChanged,
@@ -71,6 +66,7 @@ function OnyxTabNavigator({
 }: OnyxTabNavigatorProps) {
     // Mapping of tab name to focus trap container element
     const [focusTrapContainerElementMapping, setFocusTrapContainerElementMapping] = useState<Record<string, HTMLElement>>({});
+    const [selectedTab, selectedTabResult] = useOnyx(`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.SELECTED_TAB}${id}`);
 
     // This callback is used to register the focus trap container element of each avaiable tab screen
     const setTabFocusTrapContainerElement = useCallback((tabName: string, containerElement: HTMLElement | null) => {
@@ -107,13 +103,17 @@ function OnyxTabNavigator({
         onActiveTabFocusTrapContainerElementChanged?.(selectedTab ? focusTrapContainerElementMapping[selectedTab] : null);
     }, [selectedTab, focusTrapContainerElementMapping, onActiveTabFocusTrapContainerElementChanged]);
 
+    if (isLoadingOnyxValue(selectedTabResult)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     return (
         <TabFocusTrapContext.Provider value={setTabFocusTrapContainerElement}>
             <TopTab.Navigator
                 /* eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-props-no-spreading */
                 {...rest}
                 id={id}
-                initialRouteName={selectedTab}
+                initialRouteName={selectedTab ?? defaultSelectedTab}
                 backBehavior="initialRoute"
                 keyboardDismissMode="none"
                 tabBar={TabBarWithFocusTrapInclusion}
@@ -176,10 +176,6 @@ function TabScreenWithFocusTrapWrapper({children}: {children?: React.ReactNode})
 
 OnyxTabNavigator.displayName = 'OnyxTabNavigator';
 
-export default withOnyx<OnyxTabNavigatorProps, OnyxTabNavigatorOnyxProps>({
-    selectedTab: {
-        key: ({id}) => `${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.SELECTED_TAB}${id}`,
-    },
-})(OnyxTabNavigator);
+export default OnyxTabNavigator;
 
 export {TabScreenWithFocusTrapWrapper, TopTab};
diff --git a/src/pages/iou/request/IOURequestStartPage.tsx b/src/pages/iou/request/IOURequestStartPage.tsx
index dd5f4676eb6b..eac30b8839d2 100644
--- a/src/pages/iou/request/IOURequestStartPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/iou/request/IOURequestStartPage.tsx
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ function IOURequestStartPage({
                             {iouType !== CONST.IOU.TYPE.SEND && iouType !== CONST.IOU.TYPE.PAY && iouType !== CONST.IOU.TYPE.INVOICE ? (
                                 <OnyxTabNavigator
                                     id={CONST.TAB.IOU_REQUEST_TYPE}
+                                    defaultSelectedTab={CONST.TAB_REQUEST.SCAN}
                                     onTabSelected={resetIOUTypeIfChanged}
                                     tabBar={TabSelector}
                                     onTabBarFocusTrapContainerElementChanged={setTabBarContainerElement}