diff --git a/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/__tests__/useSendQueryParams.test.tsx b/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/__tests__/useSendQueryParams.test.tsx
index 94801ce793..39735885c0 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/__tests__/useSendQueryParams.test.tsx
+++ b/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/__tests__/useSendQueryParams.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { Provider } from "react-redux";
 import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
-import { renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { renderHook, act } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { StrKey } from "stellar-sdk";
 import {
   makeDummyStore,
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   saveFederationAddress,
 } from "popup/ducks/transactionSubmission";
 import { initialState as transactionSubmissionInitialState } from "popup/ducks/transactionSubmission";
+import { saveCollections } from "popup/ducks/cache";
 import * as StellarHelpers from "@shared/helpers/stellar";
 import * as SorobanHelpers from "@shared/api/helpers/soroban";
 
@@ -615,4 +616,59 @@ describe("useSendQueryParams", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("In-flow asset selection (issue #2871)", () => {
+    // Repro: open a token's detail page -> Send (URL carries ?asset=<that token>
+    // for the whole flow) -> switch to a different token -> submit. The success
+    // ("Sent!") screen reads transactionData.asset, so the user's switched asset
+    // must survive any effect re-run that happens after the switch (e.g. the
+    // account/collections refresh triggered by a successful submit).
+    const switchedAsset =
+      "AQUA:GBNZILSTVQZ4R7IKQDGHYGY2QXL5QOFJYQMXPKWRRM5PAV7Y4M67AQUA";
+
+    it("does not revert the user's switched asset when the effect re-runs without a URL change", () => {
+      mockUseLocation.mockReturnValue({
+        pathname: "/send",
+        search: `?asset=${validAsset}`,
+        state: null,
+      });
+
+      const store = makeDummyStore(defaultState);
+      const Wrapper = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => (
+        <Provider store={store}>{children}</Provider>
+      );
+      renderHook(() => useSendQueryParams(), { wrapper: Wrapper });
+
+      // Mount pre-populates the asset from the URL param.
+      expect(store.getState().transactionSubmission.transactionData.asset).toBe(
+        validAsset,
+      );
+
+      // The user switches the source asset mid-flow (SendDestinationAsset).
+      act(() => {
+        store.dispatch(saveAsset(switchedAsset));
+      });
+      expect(store.getState().transactionSubmission.transactionData.asset).toBe(
+        switchedAsset,
+      );
+
+      // An unrelated store change re-triggers the hook's effect without any URL
+      // change (mirrors the account/collections refresh after a successful send,
+      // which changes the collections dependency reference).
+      act(() => {
+        store.dispatch(
+          saveCollections({
+            networkDetails: MAINNET_NETWORK_DETAILS,
+            publicKey: TEST_PUBLIC_KEY,
+            collections: [],
+          }),
+        );
+      });
+
+      // The switched asset must survive — the URL param must not clobber it.
+      expect(store.getState().transactionSubmission.transactionData.asset).toBe(
+        switchedAsset,
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/useSendQueryParams.ts b/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/useSendQueryParams.ts
index 24600420e8..46ba0a08c7 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/useSendQueryParams.ts
+++ b/extension/src/popup/views/Send/hooks/useSendQueryParams.ts
@@ -51,12 +51,18 @@ export function useSendQueryParams() {
   const networkDetails = useSelector(settingsNetworkDetailsSelector);
   const { transactionData } = useSelector(transactionSubmissionSelector);
 
-  // Read transactionData.asset via a ref so the hook reacts only to URL
-  // changes — not to subsequent in-flow asset picks (which would otherwise
-  // re-dispatch the URL param and revert the user's selection).
+  // currentAssetRef lets the param handlers below read the latest selected
+  // asset without putting transactionData.asset in the effect deps (which would
+  // re-run the effect on every asset change).
   const currentAssetRef = useRef(transactionData.asset);
   currentAssetRef.current = transactionData.asset;
 
+  // Tracks the last location.search the effect actually pre-populated from, so
+  // re-runs triggered by other dependencies (e.g. the collections cache
+  // refreshing after a successful send) don't re-apply the URL params and
+  // revert an asset/destination the user changed mid-flow. (Fixes #2871.)
+  const lastAppliedSearchRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const params = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
     const destinationParam = params.get("destination");
@@ -88,6 +94,16 @@ export function useSendQueryParams() {
       }
     }
 
+    // Only pre-populate destination/asset from the URL when location.search
+    // itself changes (initial mount or a new deep link). Re-runs caused by
+    // other dependencies must not re-apply the params and clobber what the user
+    // picked mid-flow — the collectible block above still re-runs because it
+    // depends on collections loading asynchronously. (Fixes #2871.)
+    if (lastAppliedSearchRef.current === location.search) {
+      return;
+    }
+    lastAppliedSearchRef.current = location.search;
+
     // Pre-populate destination if provided and valid
     if (destinationParam) {
       const isValidDestination =