diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
index e478cb8baea..4b5ade80ec8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { SilenceState } from '../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import Silences from './Silences';
 import { createOrUpdateSilence, fetchAlerts, fetchSilences } from './api/alertmanager';
 import { grantUserPermissions, mockAlertmanagerAlert, mockDataSource, MockDataSourceSrv, mockSilence } from './mocks';
+import { AlertmanagerProvider } from './state/AlertmanagerContext';
+import { setupDataSources } from './testSetup/datasources';
 import { parseMatchers } from './utils/alertmanager';
 import { DataSourceType } from './utils/datasource';
 
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ const renderSilences = (location = '/alerting/silences/') => {
 
   return render(
     <TestProvider>
-      <Silences />
+      <AlertmanagerProvider accessType="instance">
+        <Silences />
+      </AlertmanagerProvider>
     </TestProvider>
   );
 };
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ describe('Silence edit', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     setUserLogged(true);
-    setDataSourceSrv(new MockDataSourceSrv(dataSources));
+    setupDataSources(dataSources.am);
   });
 
   it('Should not render createdBy if user is logged in and has a name', async () => {
@@ -325,4 +329,32 @@ describe('Silence edit', () => {
     },
     TEST_TIMEOUT
   );
+
+  it(
+    'silences page should contain alertmanager parameter after creating a silence',
+    async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+      renderSilences(`${baseUrlPath}?alertmanager=Alertmanager`);
+      await waitFor(() => expect(ui.editor.durationField.query()).not.toBeNull());
+
+      await user.type(ui.editor.matcherName.getAll()[0], 'foo');
+      await user.type(ui.editor.matcherOperatorSelect.getAll()[0], '=');
+      await user.type(ui.editor.matcherValue.getAll()[0], 'bar');
+
+      await user.click(ui.editor.submit.get());
+
+      await waitFor(() =>
+        expect(mocks.api.createOrUpdateSilence).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'Alertmanager',
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            matchers: [{ isEqual: true, isRegex: false, name: 'foo', value: 'bar' }],
+          })
+        )
+      );
+
+      expect(locationService.getSearch().get('alertmanager')).toBe('Alertmanager');
+    },
+    TEST_TIMEOUT
+  );
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/AlertmanagerContext.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/AlertmanagerContext.tsx
index 05fdc334d94..f2d6e774ce8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/AlertmanagerContext.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/AlertmanagerContext.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { useQueryParams } from 'app/core/hooks/useQueryParams';
 import store from 'app/core/store';
 import { AlertManagerDataSourceJsonData, AlertManagerImplementation } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
 import { useAlertManagersByPermission } from '../hooks/useAlertManagerSources';
+import { useURLSearchParams } from '../hooks/useURLSearchParams';
 import { ALERTMANAGER_NAME_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY, ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY } from '../utils/constants';
 import {
   AlertManagerDataSource,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ interface Props extends React.PropsWithChildren {
 }
 
 const AlertmanagerProvider = ({ children, accessType, alertmanagerSourceName }: Props) => {
-  const [queryParams, updateQueryParams] = useQueryParams();
+  const [queryParams, updateQueryParams] = useURLSearchParams();
   const allAvailableAlertManagers = useAlertManagersByPermission(accessType);
   const availableAlertManagers = allAvailableAlertManagers.availableInternalDataSources.concat(
     allAvailableAlertManagers.availableExternalDataSources
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const AlertmanagerProvider = ({ children, accessType, alertmanagerSourceName }:
 
       if (selectedAlertManager === GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME) {
         store.delete(ALERTMANAGER_NAME_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY);
-        updateQueryParams({ [ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY]: null });
+        updateQueryParams({ [ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY]: undefined });
       } else {
         store.set(ALERTMANAGER_NAME_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY, selectedAlertManager);
         updateQueryParams({ [ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY]: selectedAlertManager });
@@ -53,10 +53,19 @@ const AlertmanagerProvider = ({ children, accessType, alertmanagerSourceName }:
     [availableAlertManagers, updateQueryParams]
   );
 
-  const sourceFromQuery = queryParams[ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY];
+  const sourceFromQuery = queryParams.get(ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY);
   const sourceFromStore = store.get(ALERTMANAGER_NAME_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY);
   const defaultSource = GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME;
 
+  // This overrides AM in the store to be in sync with the one in the URL
+  // When the user uses multiple tabs with different AMs, the store will be changing all the time
+  // It's safest to always use URLs with alertmanager query param
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (sourceFromQuery && sourceFromQuery !== sourceFromStore) {
+      store.set(ALERTMANAGER_NAME_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY, sourceFromQuery);
+    }
+  }, [sourceFromQuery, sourceFromStore]);
+
   // queryParam > localStorage > default
   const desiredAlertmanager = alertmanagerSourceName ?? sourceFromQuery ?? sourceFromStore ?? defaultSource;
   const selectedAlertmanager = isAlertManagerAvailable(availableAlertManagers, desiredAlertmanager)
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
index f6cb7a5e0a3..04dadc73769 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ export const createOrUpdateSilenceAction = createAsyncThunk<void, UpdateSilenceA
         (async () => {
           await createOrUpdateSilence(alertManagerSourceName, payload);
           if (exitOnSave) {
-            locationService.push('/alerting/silences');
+            locationService.push(makeAMLink('/alerting/silences', alertManagerSourceName));
           }
         })()
       ),
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/misc.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/misc.ts
index d3051a0de69..1b0017f3601 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/misc.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/misc.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function makeAMLink(path: string, alertManagerName?: string, options?: UR
   const search = new URLSearchParams(options);
 
   if (alertManagerName) {
-    search.append(ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY, alertManagerName);
+    search.set(ALERTMANAGER_NAME_QUERY_KEY, alertManagerName);
   }
   return `${path}?${search.toString()}`;
 }