diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index 384dc36..df7738e 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
   (#6341) [@lukaasm]
 - Nav: Fixed navigation within tables/columns where item boundaries goes beyond columns limits,
   unclipped bounding boxes would interfere with other columns. (#2221) [@zzzyap, @ocornut]
+- Nav: Fixed CTRL+Tab into a root window with only childs with _NavFlattened flags
+  erroneously initializing default nav layer to menu layer.
 - Debug Tools: Debug Log: Fixed not parsing 0xXXXXXXXX values for geo-locating on mouse
   hover hover when the identifier is at the end of the line. (#5855)
 - Backends: Clear bits sets io.BackendFlags on backend Shutdown(). (#6334, #6335] [@GereonV]
diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index 383fb4a..172bccd 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -5375,6 +5375,10 @@
         {
             // Not navigable into
             ItemAdd(bb, 0);
+
+            // But when flattened we directly reach items, adjust active layer mask accordingly
+            if (window->Flags & ImGuiWindowFlags_NavFlattened)
+                parent_window->DC.NavLayersActiveMaskNext |= window->DC.NavLayersActiveMaskNext;
         }
         if (g.HoveredWindow == window)
             g.LastItemData.StatusFlags |= ImGuiItemStatusFlags_HoveredWindow;