diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModel.kt
index 8383d1625288..84f96ab53e6c 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModel.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SiteP
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SitePreviewLoadingShimmerState
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SitePreviewWebErrorUiState
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SiteNotCreatedErrorUiState
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SiteNotFoundInDbUiState
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.UrlData
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.services.FetchWpComSiteUseCase
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.usecases.isWordPressComSubDomain
@@ -136,9 +137,13 @@ class SitePreviewViewModel @Inject constructor(
     private suspend fun fetchNewlyCreatedSiteModel(remoteSiteId: Long): SiteModel? {
         val onSiteFetched = fetchWpComSiteUseCase.fetchSiteWithRetry(remoteSiteId)
         return if (!onSiteFetched.isError) {
-            return requireNotNull(siteStore.getSiteBySiteId(remoteSiteId)) {
-                "Site successfully fetched but has not been found in the local db."
+            val site = siteStore.getSiteBySiteId(remoteSiteId)
+            if (site == null) {
+                withContext(mainDispatcher) {
+                    updateUiState(SiteNotFoundInDbUiState)
+                }
             }
+            site
         } else {
             null
         }
@@ -224,6 +229,14 @@ class SitePreviewViewModel @Inject constructor(
             errorTitle = UiStringRes(R.string.error),
         )
 
+        data object SiteNotFoundInDbUiState : SitePreviewUiState(
+            urlData = UrlData("", "", 0 to 0, 0 to 0),
+            webViewVisibility = false,
+            webViewErrorVisibility = true,
+            subtitle = UiStringRes(R.string.site_creation_error_generic_title),
+            caption = UiStringRes(R.string.site_creation_error_generic_subtitle),
+        )
+
         data class SitePreviewLoadingShimmerState(
             val isFree: Boolean,
             override val urlData: UrlData,
diff --git a/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModelTest.kt b/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModelTest.kt
index e5a0051b219f..b1ed67de828e 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/sitecreation/previews/SitePreviewViewModelTest.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SiteP
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SitePreviewContentUiState
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SitePreviewWebErrorUiState
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SiteNotCreatedErrorUiState
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.previews.SitePreviewViewModel.SitePreviewUiState.SiteNotFoundInDbUiState
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.progress.LOADING_STATE_TEXT_ANIMATION_DELAY
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.sitecreation.services.FetchWpComSiteUseCase
 import org.wordpress.android.util.UrlUtilsWrapper
@@ -100,6 +101,13 @@ class SitePreviewViewModelTest : BaseUnitTest() {
         verify(fetchWpComSiteUseCase).fetchSiteWithRetry(SITE_REMOTE_ID)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `on start if site is created but cannot be retrieved from fb fails show error`() = testWith(FETCH_SUCCESS) {
+        whenever(siteStore.getSiteBySiteId(SITE_REMOTE_ID)).thenReturn(null)
+        startViewModel(SITE_CREATION_STATE.copy(result = RESULT_NOT_IN_LOCAL_DB))
+        assertThat(viewModel.uiState.value).isInstanceOf(SiteNotFoundInDbUiState::class.java)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `on start does not show preview when fetching fails`() = testWith(FETCH_ERROR) {
         startViewModel()