diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/list-item/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/list-item/edit.js
index 329d541917a011..6647f772200a53 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/list-item/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/list-item/edit.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import {
 } from './hooks';
 import { convertToListItems } from './utils';
 
+const ALLOWED_BLOCKS = [ 'core/list' ];
+
 export function IndentUI( { clientId } ) {
 	const [ canIndent, indentListItem ] = useIndentListItem( clientId );
 	const [ canOutdent, outdentListItem ] = useOutdentListItem( clientId );
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ export default function ListItemEdit( {
 	const { placeholder, content } = attributes;
 	const blockProps = useBlockProps( { ref: useCopy( clientId ) } );
 	const innerBlocksProps = useInnerBlocksProps( blockProps, {
-		allowedBlocks: [ 'core/list' ],
+		allowedBlocks: ALLOWED_BLOCKS,
 	} );
 	const useEnterRef = useEnter( { content, clientId } );
 	const useSpaceRef = useSpace( clientId );
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/list/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/list/edit.js
index 2d68aaf909f45e..e5984faa499880 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/list/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/list/edit.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import TagName from './tag-name';
 
 const TEMPLATE = [ [ 'core/list-item' ] ];
 const NATIVE_MARGIN_SPACING = 8;
+const ALLOWED_BLOCKS = [ 'core/list-item' ];
 
 /**
  * At the moment, deprecations don't handle create blocks from attributes
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ export default function Edit( { attributes, setAttributes, clientId, style } ) {
 		...( Platform.isNative && { style } ),
 	} );
 	const innerBlocksProps = useInnerBlocksProps( blockProps, {
-		allowedBlocks: [ 'core/list-item' ],
+		allowedBlocks: ALLOWED_BLOCKS,
 		template: TEMPLATE,
 		templateLock: false,
 		templateInsertUpdatesSelection: true,