diff --git a/firefox-ios/Client/Coordinators/Browser/BrowserCoordinator.swift b/firefox-ios/Client/Coordinators/Browser/BrowserCoordinator.swift
index c8498a3c341e..4d98b98a6f3d 100644
--- a/firefox-ios/Client/Coordinators/Browser/BrowserCoordinator.swift
+++ b/firefox-ios/Client/Coordinators/Browser/BrowserCoordinator.swift
@@ -569,13 +569,16 @@ class BrowserCoordinator: BaseCoordinator,
     }
 
     private func makeMenuNavViewController() -> DismissableNavigationViewController? {
-        guard !childCoordinators.contains(where: { $0 is MainMenuCoordinator }) else {
+        if let mainMenuCoordinator = childCoordinators.first(where: { $0 is MainMenuCoordinator }) as? MainMenuCoordinator {
             logger.log(
-                "MainMenuCoordinator already exists when it technically shouldn't",
+                "MainMenuCoordinator already exists when it shouldn't. Removing and recreating it to access menu",
                 level: .fatal,
-                category: .mainMenu
+                category: .mainMenu,
+                extra: ["existing mainMenuCoordinator UUID": "\(mainMenuCoordinator.windowUUID)",
+                        "BrowserCoordinator windowUUID": "\(windowUUID)"]
             )
-            return nil
+
+            mainMenuCoordinator.dismissMenuModal(animated: false)
         }
 
         let navigationController = DismissableNavigationViewController()
diff --git a/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/MainMenuCoordinator.swift b/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/MainMenuCoordinator.swift
index c858427d48c1..f37f76a56352 100644
--- a/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/MainMenuCoordinator.swift
+++ b/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/MainMenuCoordinator.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MainMenuCoordinator: BaseCoordinator, FeatureFlaggable {
     weak var parentCoordinator: ParentCoordinatorDelegate?
     weak var navigationHandler: MainMenuCoordinatorDelegate?
 
-    private let windowUUID: WindowUUID
+    let windowUUID: WindowUUID
     private let profile: Profile
 
     init(
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ class MainMenuCoordinator: BaseCoordinator, FeatureFlaggable {
         super.init(router: router)
     }
 
+    deinit {
+        logger.log(
+            "MainMenuCoordinator - deinitialized",
+            level: .info,
+            category: .mainMenu
+        )
+    }
+
     func start() {
         logger.log(
             "MainMenuCoordinator - started",
@@ -69,6 +77,15 @@ class MainMenuCoordinator: BaseCoordinator, FeatureFlaggable {
         router.popViewController(animated: true)
     }
 
+    func removeCoordinatorFromParent() {
+        logger.log(
+            "MainMenuCoordinator - removing coordinator from parent",
+            level: .info,
+            category: .mainMenu
+        )
+        parentCoordinator?.didFinish(from: self)
+    }
+
     func dismissMenuModal(animated: Bool) {
         logger.log(
             "MainMenuCoordinator - dismissing main menu",
@@ -76,7 +93,7 @@ class MainMenuCoordinator: BaseCoordinator, FeatureFlaggable {
             category: .mainMenu
         )
         router.dismiss(animated: animated, completion: nil)
-        parentCoordinator?.didFinish(from: self)
+        removeCoordinatorFromParent()
     }
 
     func navigateTo(_ destination: MenuNavigationDestination, animated: Bool) {
@@ -119,7 +136,7 @@ class MainMenuCoordinator: BaseCoordinator, FeatureFlaggable {
                 self.navigationHandler?.updateZoomPageBarVisibility()
             }
 
-            self.parentCoordinator?.didFinish(from: self)
+            removeCoordinatorFromParent()
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/Views/MainMenuViewController.swift b/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/Views/MainMenuViewController.swift
index 605f7bed74cd..03458f853814 100644
--- a/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/Views/MainMenuViewController.swift
+++ b/firefox-ios/Client/Frontend/Browser/MainMenu/Views/MainMenuViewController.swift
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class MainMenuViewController: UIViewController,
                 currentTabInfo: menuState.currentTabInfo
             )
         )
-        coordinator?.dismissMenuModal(animated: true)
+        coordinator?.removeCoordinatorFromParent()
     }
 
     // MARK: - UISheetPresentationControllerDelegate