diff --git a/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.test.tsx b/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.test.tsx
index ae1fd8267..9555f9eee 100644
--- a/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.test.tsx
@@ -123,6 +123,42 @@ describe('the useLocalTracks hook', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should set isAcquiringLocalTracks to true while acquiring tracks', async () => {
+      const { result, waitForNextUpdate } = renderHook(useLocalTracks);
+
+      expect(result.current.isAcquiringLocalTracks).toBe(false);
+
+      act(() => {
+        result.current.getAudioAndVideoTracks();
+      });
+
+      expect(result.current.isAcquiringLocalTracks).toBe(true);
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        await waitForNextUpdate();
+      });
+
+      expect(result.current.isAcquiringLocalTracks).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore calls to getAudioAndVideoTracks while isAcquiringLocalTracks is true', async () => {
+      const { result, waitForNextUpdate } = renderHook(useLocalTracks);
+
+      act(() => {
+        expect(result.current.isAcquiringLocalTracks).toBe(false);
+        result.current.getAudioAndVideoTracks(); // This call is not ignored
+      });
+
+      expect(result.current.isAcquiringLocalTracks).toBe(true);
+      result.current.getAudioAndVideoTracks(); // This call is ignored
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        await waitForNextUpdate();
+      });
+
+      expect(Video.createLocalTracks).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
     it('should not create any tracks when no input devices are present', async () => {
       mockUseAudioInputDevices.mockImplementation(() => []);
       mockUseVideoInputDevices.mockImplementation(() => []);
diff --git a/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.ts b/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.ts
index b93052f5e..fc70580bd 100644
--- a/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.ts
+++ b/src/components/VideoProvider/useLocalTracks/useLocalTracks.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default function useLocalTracks() {
 
   const getAudioAndVideoTracks = useCallback(() => {
     if (!hasAudio && !hasVideo) return Promise.resolve();
-    if (audioTrack || videoTrack) return Promise.resolve();
+    if (isAcquiringLocalTracks || audioTrack || videoTrack) return Promise.resolve();
 
     setIsAcquiringLocalTracks(true);
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export default function useLocalTracks() {
         }
       })
       .finally(() => setIsAcquiringLocalTracks(false));
-  }, [hasAudio, hasVideo, audioTrack, videoTrack, localAudioDevices, localVideoDevices]);
+  }, [hasAudio, hasVideo, audioTrack, videoTrack, localAudioDevices, localVideoDevices, isAcquiringLocalTracks]);
 
   const localTracks = [audioTrack, videoTrack].filter(track => track !== undefined) as (
     | LocalAudioTrack