diff --git a/src/components/MapView/MapView.tsx b/src/components/MapView/MapView.tsx
index db3e076eacca..7b63836efa66 100644
--- a/src/components/MapView/MapView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MapView/MapView.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const MapView = forwardRef<MapViewHandle, ComponentProps>(
         const [isIdle, setIsIdle] = useState(false);
         const [currentPosition, setCurrentPosition] = useState(cachedUserLocation);
         const [userInteractedWithMap, setUserInteractedWithMap] = useState(false);
+        const hasStartedGettingCurrentPosition = useRef(false);
 
         useFocusEffect(
             useCallback(() => {
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ const MapView = forwardRef<MapViewHandle, ComponentProps>(
                     return;
                 }
 
+                if (hasStartedGettingCurrentPosition.current) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                hasStartedGettingCurrentPosition.current = true;
+
                 getCurrentPosition(
                     (params) => {
                         const currentCoords = {longitude: params.coords.longitude, latitude: params.coords.latitude};
diff --git a/src/components/MapView/MapView.web.tsx b/src/components/MapView/MapView.web.tsx
index 1880049b3542..d34b8f1ac4d9 100644
--- a/src/components/MapView/MapView.web.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MapView/MapView.web.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import {useFocusEffect} from '@react-navigation/native';
 import mapboxgl from 'mapbox-gl';
 import 'mapbox-gl/dist/mapbox-gl.css';
-import React, {forwardRef, useCallback, useEffect, useImperativeHandle, useState} from 'react';
+import React, {forwardRef, useCallback, useEffect, useImperativeHandle, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 import Map, {MapRef, Marker} from 'react-map-gl';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const MapView = forwardRef<MapViewHandle, ComponentProps>(
         const [currentPosition, setCurrentPosition] = useState(cachedUserLocation);
         const [userInteractedWithMap, setUserInteractedWithMap] = useState(false);
         const [shouldResetBoundaries, setShouldResetBoundaries] = useState<boolean>(false);
+        const hasStartedGettingCurrentPosition = useRef(false);
         const setRef = useCallback((newRef: MapRef | null) => setMapRef(newRef), []);
 
         useFocusEffect(
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ const MapView = forwardRef<MapViewHandle, ComponentProps>(
                     return;
                 }
 
+                if (hasStartedGettingCurrentPosition.current) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                hasStartedGettingCurrentPosition.current = true;
+
                 getCurrentPosition(
                     (params) => {
                         const currentCoords = {longitude: params.coords.longitude, latitude: params.coords.latitude};