diff --git a/backport-changelog/6.8/7903.md b/backport-changelog/6.8/7903.md
index cb20d8d2dd2b1..60703831a8e39 100644
--- a/backport-changelog/6.8/7903.md
+++ b/backport-changelog/6.8/7903.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/7903
 
 * https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/67199
+* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/68971
+
diff --git a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.8/site-editor.php b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.8/site-editor.php
index 9b2575676047d..82ac118b013c1 100644
--- a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.8/site-editor.php
+++ b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.8/site-editor.php
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ function ( $settings ) {
 	}
 );
 
+/**
+ * Maps old site editor urls to the new updated ones.
+ *
+ * @since 6.8.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @global string $pagenow The filename of the current screen.
+ *
+ * @return string|false The new URL to redirect to, or false if no redirection is needed.
+ */
 function gutenberg_get_site_editor_redirection() {
 	global $pagenow;
 	if ( 'site-editor.php' !== $pagenow || isset( $_REQUEST['p'] ) || ! $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ) {
@@ -96,10 +106,13 @@ function gutenberg_get_site_editor_redirection() {
 	return add_query_arg( array( 'p' => '/' ) );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Redirect old site editor urls to the new updated ones.
+ */
 function gutenberg_redirect_site_editor_deprecated_urls() {
 	$redirection = gutenberg_get_site_editor_redirection();
 	if ( false !== $redirection ) {
-		wp_redirect( $redirection, 301 );
+		wp_safe_redirect( $redirection );
 		exit;
 	}
 }