diff --git a/src/hooks/useLayoutEffect.ts b/src/hooks/useLayoutEffect.ts
index 57611522..625f27fb 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useLayoutEffect.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useLayoutEffect.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,24 @@ const useLayoutEffect =
     : React.useEffect;
 
 export default useLayoutEffect;
+
+export const useLayoutUpdateEffect: typeof React.useEffect = (
+  callback,
+  deps,
+) => {
+  const firstMountRef = React.useRef(true);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (!firstMountRef.current) {
+      return callback();
+    }
+  }, deps);
+
+  // We tell react that first mount has passed
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    firstMountRef.current = false;
+    return () => {
+      firstMountRef.current = true;
+    };
+  }, []);
+};
diff --git a/src/hooks/useMergedState.ts b/src/hooks/useMergedState.ts
index 5d148c54..3cbe1d0e 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMergedState.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMergedState.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import useEvent from './useEvent';
-import useLayoutEffect from './useLayoutEffect';
+import useLayoutEffect, { useLayoutUpdateEffect } from './useLayoutEffect';
 import useState from './useState';
 
 type Updater<T> = (
@@ -15,24 +15,6 @@ enum Source {
 
 type ValueRecord<T> = [T, Source, T];
 
-const useUpdateEffect: typeof React.useEffect = (callback, deps) => {
-  const firstMountRef = React.useRef(true);
-
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    if (!firstMountRef.current) {
-      return callback();
-    }
-  }, deps);
-
-  // We tell react that first mount has passed
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    firstMountRef.current = false;
-    return () => {
-      firstMountRef.current = true;
-    };
-  }, []);
-};
-
 /** We only think `undefined` is empty */
 function hasValue(value: any) {
   return value !== undefined;
@@ -82,7 +64,7 @@ export default function useMergedState<T, R = T>(
   const postMergedValue = postState ? postState(chosenValue) : chosenValue;
 
   // ======================= Sync =======================
-  useUpdateEffect(() => {
+  useLayoutUpdateEffect(() => {
     setMergedValue(([prevValue]) => [value, Source.PROP, prevValue]);
   }, [value]);