diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/options.py b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
index 060c9a091772..bb8ae23d170b 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/options.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
@@ -1594,10 +1594,10 @@ def response_add(self, request, obj, post_url_continue=None):
             source_model_name = request.POST.get(SOURCE_MODEL_VAR)
             source_admin = None
             if source_model_name:
-                app_label, model_name = source_model_name.split(".", 1)
                 try:
+                    app_label, model_name = source_model_name.split(".", 1)
                     source_model = apps.get_model(app_label, model_name)
-                except LookupError:
+                except (LookupError, ValueError):
                     msg = _('The app "%s" could not be found.') % source_model_name
                     self.message_user(request, msg, messages.ERROR)
                 else:
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index a0dbc0f6b500..d68f9ab04d0c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ need to :meth:`~Model.save`.
 Customizing model loading
 -------------------------
 
-.. classmethod:: Model.from_db(db, field_names, values)
+.. classmethod:: Model.from_db(db, field_names, values, *, fetch_mode=None)
 
 The ``from_db()`` method can be used to customize model instance creation
 when loading from the database.
@@ -94,10 +94,13 @@ fields are present, then ``values`` are guaranteed to be in the order
 ``__init__()`` expects them. That is, the instance can be created by
 ``cls(*values)``. If any fields are deferred, they won't appear in
 ``field_names``. In that case, assign a value of ``django.db.models.DEFERRED``
-to each of the missing fields.
+to each of the missing fields. The ``fetch_mode`` argument contains the
+:doc:`fetch mode </topics/db/fetch-modes>` of the query that loaded the
+instance, or ``None`` if it was loaded outside of a query.
 
 In addition to creating the new model, the ``from_db()`` method must set the
 ``adding`` and ``db`` flags in the new instance's :attr:`~Model._state`
+attribute, and, when ``fetch_mode`` is not ``None``, its ``fetch_mode``
 attribute.
 
 Below is an example showing how to record the initial values of fields that
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ are loaded from the database::
 
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_db(cls, db, field_names, values):
+    def from_db(cls, db, field_names, values, *, fetch_mode=None):
         # Default implementation of from_db() (subject to change and could
         # be replaced with super()).
         if len(values) != len(cls._meta.concrete_fields):
@@ -120,6 +123,8 @@ are loaded from the database::
         instance = cls(*values)
         instance._state.adding = False
         instance._state.db = db
+        if fetch_mode is not None:
+            instance._state.fetch_mode = fetch_mode
         # customization to store the original field values on the instance
         instance._loaded_values = dict(
             zip(field_names, (value for value in values if value is not DEFERRED))
@@ -141,6 +146,10 @@ The example above shows a full ``from_db()`` implementation to clarify how that
 is done. In this case it would be possible to use a ``super()`` call in the
 ``from_db()`` method.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 6.1
+
+       The ``fetch_mode`` parameter was added.
+
 .. _refreshing-objects:
 
 Refreshing objects from database
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.1.txt b/docs/releases/6.1.txt
index 9c4505645867..e4380f4f1f77 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/6.1.txt
@@ -511,6 +511,9 @@ Models
 * :meth:`~django.db.models.Model._is_pk_set` now returns ``False`` for
   ``DatabaseDefault`` values on unsaved instances.
 
+* ``fetch_mode=None`` is added to the signature of
+  :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.from_db`.
+
 System checks
 -------------
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index aa5d8b47b12a..77aae5ec2d46 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -576,23 +576,29 @@ def test_popup_add_POST_with_dynamic_optgroups(self):
     def test_popup_add_POST_with_invalid_source_model(self):
         """
         Popup add with an invalid source_model (non-existent app/model)
-        shows an error message instead of crashing.
+        shows an error message on a subsequent page load instead of crashing.
         """
-        post_data = {
-            IS_POPUP_VAR: "1",
-            SOURCE_MODEL_VAR: "admin_views.nonexistent",
-            "title": "Test Article",
-            "content": "some content",
-            "date_0": "2010-09-10",
-            "date_1": "14:55:39",
-        }
-        response = self.client.post(reverse("admin:admin_views_article_add"), post_data)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertContains(response, "data-popup-response")
-        messages = list(response.wsgi_request._messages)
-        self.assertEqual(len(messages), 1)
-        self.assertIn("admin_views.nonexistent", str(messages[0]))
-        self.assertIn("could not be found", str(messages[0]))
+        for invalid_model in ["admin_views.nonexistent", "invalid"]:
+            post_data = {
+                IS_POPUP_VAR: "1",
+                SOURCE_MODEL_VAR: invalid_model,
+                "title": "Test Article",
+                "content": "some content",
+                "date_0": "2010-09-10",
+                "date_1": "14:55:39",
+            }
+            with self.subTest(case=invalid_model):
+                popup_response = self.client.post(
+                    reverse("admin:admin_views_article_add"), post_data
+                )
+                self.assertEqual(popup_response.status_code, 200)
+                self.assertContains(popup_response, "data-popup-response")
+                # The message is visible on the next request.
+                response = self.client.get(reverse("admin:admin_views_article_add"))
+                messages = list(response.wsgi_request._messages)
+                self.assertEqual(len(messages), 1)
+                self.assertIn(invalid_model, str(messages[0]))
+                self.assertIn("could not be found", str(messages[0]))
 
     def test_popup_add_POST_with_unregistered_source_model(self):
         """