diff --git a/src/registrar/admin.py b/src/registrar/admin.py
index 05bfc06b6..efd8c29c9 100644
--- a/src/registrar/admin.py
+++ b/src/registrar/admin.py
@@ -1435,12 +1435,35 @@ class DomainRequestAdmin(ListHeaderAdmin):
         """
         Override changelist_view to set the selected value of status filter.
         """
+        # there are two conditions which should set the default selected filter:
+        # 1 - there are no query parameters in the request and the request is the
+        #     initial request for this view
+        # 2 - there are no query parameters in the request and the referring url is
+        #     the change view for a domain request
+        should_apply_default_filter = False
         # use http_referer in order to distinguish between request as a link from another page
         # and request as a removal of all filters
         http_referer = request.META.get("HTTP_REFERER", "")
         # if there are no query parameters in the request
-        # and the request is the initial request for this view
-        if not bool(request.GET) and request.path not in http_referer:
+        if not bool(request.GET):
+            # if the request is the initial request for this view
+            if request.path not in http_referer:
+                should_apply_default_filter = True
+            # elif the request is a referral from changelist view or from
+            # domain request change view
+            elif request.path in http_referer:
+                # find the index to determine the referring url after the path
+                index = http_referer.find(request.path)
+                # Check if there is a character following the path in http_referer
+                if index + len(request.path) < len(http_referer):
+                    next_char = http_referer[index + len(request.path)]
+
+                    # Check if the next character is a digit, if so, this indicates
+                    # a change view for domain request
+                    if next_char.isdigit():
+                        should_apply_default_filter = True
+
+        if should_apply_default_filter:
             # modify the GET of the request to set the selected filter
             modified_get = copy.deepcopy(request.GET)
             modified_get["status__in"] = "submitted,in review,action needed"