diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
index e58cf0442e..a638ad6de1 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
@@ -1855,7 +1855,12 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         } else {
             subtitle = `${this.subTitleStatus} ${subtitle}`;
         }
-        document.title = `${SdkConfig.get().brand} ${subtitle}`;
+
+        const title = `${SdkConfig.get().brand} ${subtitle}`;
+
+        if (document.title !== title) {
+            document.title = title;
+        }
     }
 
     updateStatusIndicator(state: string, prevState: string) {