diff --git a/common/changes/@itwin/imodel-browser-react/hans-fix_imodel_fetch_when_not_yet_loaded_2025-10-10-02-55.json b/common/changes/@itwin/imodel-browser-react/hans-fix_imodel_fetch_when_not_yet_loaded_2025-10-10-02-55.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11e82f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@itwin/imodel-browser-react/hans-fix_imodel_fetch_when_not_yet_loaded_2025-10-10-02-55.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@itwin/imodel-browser-react",
+      "comment": "Fixed bug where fetching never happens when access token has not yet loaded",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@itwin/imodel-browser-react"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.test.ts b/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.test.ts
index 765a1ac9..1945d179 100644
--- a/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.test.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.test.ts
@@ -353,6 +353,54 @@ describe("useIModelData hook", () => {
     expect(result.current.fetchMore).toBeUndefined();
     expect(watcher).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      missing: "accessToken",
+      initialProps: { accessToken: undefined as any, iTwinId: "iTwinId" },
+      supplyProps: { accessToken: "accessToken" },
+    },
+    {
+      missing: "iTwinId",
+      initialProps: { iTwinId: undefined as any, accessToken: "accessToken" },
+      supplyProps: { iTwinId: "iTwinId" },
+    },
+  ])(
+    "does not skip first page if fetchMore called before $missing becomes available",
+    async ({ initialProps, supplyProps }) => {
+      const fetchSpy = jest.spyOn(window, "fetch").mockImplementation(
+        () =>
+          Promise.resolve({
+            ok: true,
+            json: () =>
+              Promise.resolve({
+                iModels: [{ id: "first", displayName: "first" }],
+              }),
+          }) as any
+      );
+
+      const { result, rerender, waitForNextUpdate } = renderHook(
+        (props: any) =>
+          useIModelData({
+            iTwinId: (props as any).iTwinId,
+            accessToken: (props as any).accessToken,
+          }),
+        { initialProps }
+      );
+
+      // Attempt pagination before prerequisite present
+      act(() => result.current.fetchMore?.());
+
+      // Provide missing prerequisite
+      rerender({ ...initialProps, ...supplyProps });
+      await waitForNextUpdate();
+
+      const firstUrl = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0] as string;
+      expect(firstUrl).toContain("$skip=0");
+      expect(firstUrl).toContain("$top=100");
+      expect(result.current.iModels[0]?.id).toBe("first");
+    }
+  );
 });
 
 it("fetches data with searchText", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.ts b/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.ts
index cbed4b74..be017487 100644
--- a/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/imodel-browser/src/containers/iModelGrid/useIModelData.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ export const useIModelData = ({
   }, []);
 
   const fetchMore = React.useCallback(() => {
-    if (needsUpdate || status === DataStatus.Fetching || !morePagesAvailable) {
+    if (
+      needsUpdate ||
+      status === DataStatus.Fetching ||
+      status === DataStatus.TokenRequired ||
+      status === DataStatus.ContextRequired ||
+      !morePagesAvailable
+    ) {
       return;
     }
     setPage(page + 1);