diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Report.js b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
index b7f52429555d..b82d0ad9ca16 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Report.js
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
@@ -1132,6 +1132,11 @@ function updateLastReadActionID(reportID, sequenceNumber) {
     // action). If 1 isn't subtracted then the "New" marker appears one row below the action (the first unread action)
     const lastReadSequenceNumber = (sequenceNumber - 1) || reportMaxSequenceNumbers[reportID];
 
+    // We call this method in many cases where there's nothing to update because we already updated it, so we avoid
+    // doing an unnecessary server call if the last read is the same one we had already
+    if (lastReadSequenceNumbers[reportID] === lastReadSequenceNumber) {
+        return;
+    }
     setLocalLastRead(reportID, lastReadSequenceNumber);
 
     // Mark the report as not having any unread items