Do not create pending NavigationEntry when a transient one is present.

content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.cc

 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.h"
 
 #include <utility>
 
 #include "base/metrics/histogram.h"
 #include "base/time/time.h"
@@ skipping 1006 matching lines @@
     SiteInstanceImpl* site_instance,
     NavigationHandleImpl* navigation_handle) {
   // If there is no browser-initiated pending entry for this navigation and it
   // is not for the error URL, create a pending entry using the current
   // SiteInstance, and ensure the address bar updates accordingly.  We don't
   // know the referrer or extra headers at this point, but the referrer will
   // be set properly upon commit.
   NavigationEntryImpl* pending_entry = controller_->GetPendingEntry();
   bool has_browser_initiated_pending_entry =
       pending_entry && !pending_entry->is_renderer_initiated();
-  if (!has_browser_initiated_pending_entry) {
+
+  // If there is a transient entry, creating a new pending entry will result
+  // in deleting it, which leads to inconsistent state.
+  bool has_transient_entry = !!controller_->GetTransientEntry();
+
+  if (!has_browser_initiated_pending_entry && !has_transient_entry) {
     scoped_ptr<NavigationEntryImpl> entry =
         NavigationEntryImpl::FromNavigationEntry(
             controller_->CreateNavigationEntry(
                 url, content::Referrer(), ui::PAGE_TRANSITION_LINK,
                 true /* is_renderer_initiated */, std::string(),
                 controller_->GetBrowserContext()));
     entry->set_site_instance(site_instance);
     // TODO(creis): If there's a pending entry already, find a safe way to
     // update it instead of replacing it and copying over things like this.
     // That will allow us to skip the NavigationHandle update below as well.
@@ skipping 51 matching lines @@
   if (pending_entry != controller_->GetVisibleEntry() ||
       !should_preserve_entry) {
     controller_->DiscardPendingEntry(true);
 
     // Also force the UI to refresh.
     controller_->delegate()->NotifyNavigationStateChanged(INVALIDATE_TYPE_URL);
   }
 }
 
 }  // namespace content