diff --git a/native/navigation/route-names.js b/native/navigation/route-names.js
--- a/native/navigation/route-names.js
+++ b/native/navigation/route-names.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import type { ImageModalParams } from '../media/image-modal.react.js';
 import type { VideoPlaybackModalParams } from '../media/video-playback-modal.react.js';
 import type { CustomServerModalParams } from '../profile/custom-server-modal.react.js';
-import type { EmojiAvatarCreationParams } from '../profile/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js';
 import type { RelationshipListItemTooltipModalParams } from '../profile/relationship-list-item-tooltip-modal.react.js';
 
 export const ActionResultModalRouteName = 'ActionResultModal';
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@
 
 export type ProfileParamList = {
   +ProfileScreen: void,
-  +EmojiAvatarCreation: EmojiAvatarCreationParams,
+  +EmojiAvatarCreation: void,
   +EditPassword: void,
   +DeleteAccount: void,
   +BuildInfo: void,
diff --git a/native/profile/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js b/native/profile/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js
--- a/native/profile/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js
@@ -4,30 +4,24 @@
 import { View, Text, TouchableWithoutFeedback } from 'react-native';
 import EmojiPicker from 'rn-emoji-keyboard';
 
+import { savedEmojiAvatarSelectorForCurrentUser } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import type { ClientEmojiAvatar } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 
-import type { ProfileNavigationProp } from './profile.react.js';
 import Avatar from '../components/avatar.react.js';
 import Button from '../components/button.react.js';
 import ColorRows from '../components/color-rows.react.js';
-import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
-export type EmojiAvatarCreationParams = {
-  +emojiAvatarInfo: ClientEmojiAvatar,
-};
-
-type Props = {
-  +navigation: ProfileNavigationProp<'EmojiAvatarCreation'>,
-  +route: NavigationRoute<'EmojiAvatarCreation'>,
-};
+function EmojiAvatarCreation(): React.Node {
+  const savedEmojiAvatar = useSelector(savedEmojiAvatarSelectorForCurrentUser);
 
-function EmojiAvatarCreation(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { emoji: initalEmoji, color: initialColor } =
-    props.route.params.emojiAvatarInfo;
-
-  const [pendingEmoji, setPendingEmoji] = React.useState<string>(initalEmoji);
-  const [pendingColor, setPendingColor] = React.useState<string>(initialColor);
+  const [pendingEmoji, setPendingEmoji] = React.useState<string>(
+    savedEmojiAvatar.emoji,
+  );
+  const [pendingColor, setPendingColor] = React.useState<string>(
+    savedEmojiAvatar.color,
+  );
   const [emojiKeyboardOpen, setEmojiKeyboardOpen] =
     React.useState<boolean>(false);
 
@@ -42,9 +36,9 @@
   }, []);
 
   const onPressReset = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setPendingEmoji(initalEmoji);
-    setPendingColor(initialColor);
-  }, [initalEmoji, initialColor]);
+    setPendingEmoji(savedEmojiAvatar.emoji);
+    setPendingColor(savedEmojiAvatar.color);
+  }, [savedEmojiAvatar.color, savedEmojiAvatar.emoji]);
 
   const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(emoji => {
     setPendingEmoji(emoji.emoji);