diff --git a/reflex/istate/manager/redis.py b/reflex/istate/manager/redis.py
index 06587b69b08..63fc90586aa 100644
--- a/reflex/istate/manager/redis.py
+++ b/reflex/istate/manager/redis.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ async def get_state(
         token, state_path = _split_substate_key(token)
         if state_path:
             # Get the State class associated with the given path.
-            state_cls = self.state.get_class_substate(state_path)
+            requested_state_cls = self.state.get_class_substate(state_path)
         else:
             msg = f"StateManagerRedis requires token to be specified in the form of {{token}}_{{state_full_name}}, but got {token}"
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ async def get_state(
 
         # Determine which states from the tree need to be fetched.
         required_state_classes = sorted(
-            self._get_required_state_classes(state_cls, subclasses=True)
+            self._get_required_state_classes(requested_state_cls, subclasses=True)
             - {type(s) for s in flat_state_tree.values()},
             key=lambda x: x.get_full_name(),
         )
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ async def get_state(
         # the top-level state which should always be fetched or already cached.
         if top_level:
             return flat_state_tree[self.state.get_full_name()]
-        return flat_state_tree[state_cls.get_full_name()]
+        return flat_state_tree[requested_state_cls.get_full_name()]
 
     @override
     async def set_state(
diff --git a/reflex/vars/base.py b/reflex/vars/base.py
index 412c0e41c70..3a9e8a985f9 100644
--- a/reflex/vars/base.py
+++ b/reflex/vars/base.py
@@ -2488,12 +2488,18 @@ def add_dependency(self, objclass: type[BaseState], dep: Var):
                 var_name = all_var_data.field_name
                 if var_name:
                     self._static_deps.setdefault(state_name, set()).add(var_name)
-                    objclass.get_root_state().get_class_substate(
+                    target_state_class = objclass.get_root_state().get_class_substate(
                         state_name
-                    )._var_dependencies.setdefault(var_name, set()).add((
+                    )
+                    target_state_class._var_dependencies.setdefault(
+                        var_name, set()
+                    ).add((
                         objclass.get_full_name(),
                         self._name,
                     ))
+                    target_state_class._potentially_dirty_states.add(
+                        objclass.get_full_name()
+                    )
                     return
         msg = (
             "ComputedVar dependencies must be Var instances with a state and "
diff --git a/tests/units/test_state.py b/tests/units/test_state.py
index 2bb3d05179b..a984a739dfb 100644
--- a/tests/units/test_state.py
+++ b/tests/units/test_state.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 )
 from reflex.utils.format import json_dumps
 from reflex.utils.token_manager import SocketRecord
-from reflex.vars.base import Var, computed_var
+from reflex.vars.base import Field, Var, computed_var, field
 from tests.units.mock_redis import mock_redis
 
 from .states import GenState
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ def test_base_class_vars(test_state):
     fields = test_state.get_fields()
     cls = type(test_state)
 
-    for field in fields:
-        if field.startswith("_") or field in cls.get_skip_vars():
+    for field_name in fields:
+        if field_name.startswith("_") or field_name in cls.get_skip_vars():
             continue
-        prop = getattr(cls, field)
+        prop = getattr(cls, field_name)
         assert isinstance(prop, Var)
-        assert prop._js_expr.split(".")[-1] == field + FIELD_MARKER
+        assert prop._js_expr.split(".")[-1] == field_name + FIELD_MARKER
 
     assert cls.num1._var_type is int
     assert cls.num2._var_type is float
@@ -4304,6 +4304,8 @@ class OtherState(rx.State):
     state = await mock_app.state_manager.get_state(_substate_key(token, OtherState))
     other_state = await state.get_state(OtherState)
     assert comp.State is not None
+    # The state should have been pre-cached from the dependency.
+    assert comp.State.get_name() in state.substates
     comp_state = await state.get_state(comp.State)
     assert comp_state.dirty_vars == set()
 
@@ -4329,3 +4331,35 @@ class SecondCvState(CvMixin, rx.State):
 
     assert first_cv is not second_cv
     assert first_cv._static_deps is not second_cv._static_deps
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_add_dependency_get_state_regression(mock_app: rx.App, token: str):
+    """Ensure that a state class can be fetched separately when it's is explicit dep."""
+
+    class DataState(rx.State):
+        """A state with a var."""
+
+        data: Field[list[int]] = field(default_factory=lambda: [1, 2, 3])
+
+    class StatsState(rx.State):
+        """A state with a computed var depending on DataState."""
+
+        @rx.var(cache=True)
+        async def total(self) -> int:
+            data_state = await self.get_state(DataState)
+            return sum(data_state.data)
+
+    StatsState.computed_vars["total"].add_dependency(StatsState, DataState.data)
+
+    class OtherState(rx.State):
+        """A state that gets DataState."""
+
+        @rx.event
+        async def fetch_data_state(self) -> None:
+            print(await self.get_state(DataState))
+
+    mock_app.state_manager.state = mock_app._state = rx.State
+    state = await mock_app.state_manager.get_state(_substate_key(token, OtherState))
+    other_state = await state.get_state(OtherState)
+    await other_state.fetch_data_state()  # Should not raise exception.