diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/Header/index.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/Header/index.jsx
index 8d396e371ac9d..99ad7d5fcf842 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/Header/index.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/Header/index.jsx
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ import {
   SAVE_TYPE_OVERWRITE,
   DASHBOARD_POSITION_DATA_LIMIT,
 } from 'src/dashboard/util/constants';
-import setPeriodicRunner from 'src/dashboard/util/setPeriodicRunner';
+import setPeriodicRunner, {
+  stopPeriodicRender,
+} from 'src/dashboard/util/setPeriodicRunner';
 import { options as PeriodicRefreshOptions } from 'src/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal';
 
 const propTypes = {
@@ -196,6 +198,8 @@ class Header extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
+    stopPeriodicRender(this.refreshTimer);
+    this.props.setRefreshFrequency(0);
     clearTimeout(this.ctrlYTimeout);
     clearTimeout(this.ctrlZTimeout);
   }
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/setPeriodicRunner.ts b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/setPeriodicRunner.ts
index e0207e860598e..c5177edf7187b 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/setPeriodicRunner.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/setPeriodicRunner.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-const stopPeriodicRender = (refreshTimer?: number) => {
+export const stopPeriodicRender = (refreshTimer?: number) => {
   if (refreshTimer) {
     clearInterval(refreshTimer);
   }