diff --git a/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts b/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
index 95443549c9e..55ffc5f20e6 100644
--- a/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
@@ -664,7 +664,17 @@ export const createIonRouter = (
           const lastRoute = locationHistory.getCurrentRouteInfoForTab(
             routeInfo.tab
           );
-          routeInfo.pushedByRoute = lastRoute?.pushedByRoute;
+          /**
+           * The last route in the tab stack is not always the page
+           * the tab returns to. After the tab button resets the tab
+           * with router.go(), its child stays last in the stack, and
+           * copying the child's pushedByRoute onto the tab root would
+           * show a back button on the root.
+           */
+          routeInfo.pushedByRoute =
+            lastRoute?.pathname === routeInfo.pathname
+              ? lastRoute?.pushedByRoute
+              : undefined;
         } else if (
           routeInfo.routerAction === "push" &&
           routeInfo.routerDirection === "none" &&
diff --git a/packages/vue/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/tabs.spec.ts b/packages/vue/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/tabs.spec.ts
index eb5dc1f0a78..6ccfe37f29c 100644
--- a/packages/vue/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/tabs.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/tabs.spec.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,26 @@ test.describe('Tabs', () => {
     await tabClick(page, 'tab1');
     await ionPageVisible(page, 'tab1');
   });
+
+  test('tab root should not be able to go back after resetting the tab and switching tabs', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/tabs/tab1');
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'tab1');
+
+    await page.locator('div.ion-page[data-pageid=tab1] #child-one').click();
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'tab1childone');
+
+    // Tapping the active tab resets it via router.go(-1)
+    await tabClick(page, 'tab1');
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'tab1');
+    await ionPageDoesNotExist(page, 'tab1childone');
+
+    // Pushing tab2 overwrites the history entry of tab1's child
+    await tabClick(page, 'tab2');
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'tab2');
+
+    await tabClick(page, 'tab1');
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'tab1');
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/tabs\/tab1(\?|$)/);
+    await expect(page.locator('div.ion-page[data-pageid=tab1]')).not.toHaveClass(/can-go-back/);
+  });
 });