diff --git wp-admin/nav-menus.php wp-admin/nav-menus.php
index d8fc77f01..212dcb519 100644
--- wp-admin/nav-menus.php
+++ wp-admin/nav-menus.php
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ if ( $nav_menu_selected_id != $recently_edited && is_nav_menu( $nav_menu_selecte
 	update_user_meta( $current_user->ID, 'nav_menu_recently_edited', $nav_menu_selected_id );
 
 // If there's a menu, get its name.
-if ( ! $nav_menu_selected_title && is_nav_menu( $nav_menu_selected_id ) ) {
+if ( ! $add_new_screen && ! $locations_screen && ! $nav_menu_selected_title && is_nav_menu( $nav_menu_selected_id ) ) {
 	$_menu_object = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $nav_menu_selected_id );
 	$nav_menu_selected_title = ! is_wp_error( $_menu_object ) ? $_menu_object->name : '';
 }
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ global $_wp_nav_menu_max_depth;
 $_wp_nav_menu_max_depth = 0;
 
 // Calling wp_get_nav_menu_to_edit generates $_wp_nav_menu_max_depth.
-if ( is_nav_menu( $nav_menu_selected_id ) ) {
+if ( ! $add_new_screen && ! $locations_screen && is_nav_menu( $nav_menu_selected_id ) ) {
 	$menu_items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $nav_menu_selected_id, array( 'post_status' => 'any' ) );
 	$edit_markup = wp_get_nav_menu_to_edit( $nav_menu_selected_id );
 }