diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.test.tsx
index ea04bddf3bc..050d1b25eab 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.test.tsx
@@ -7,4 +7,33 @@ describe('AppChromeService', () => {
     chromeService.onToggleKioskMode();
     expect(chromeService.state.getValue().chromeless).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('Ignore state updates when sectionNav and pageNav have new instance but same text, url or active child', () => {
+    const chromeService = new AppChromeService();
+    let stateChanges = 0;
+
+    chromeService.state.subscribe(() => stateChanges++);
+    chromeService.update({ sectionNav: { text: 'hello' }, pageNav: { text: 'test', url: 'A' } });
+    chromeService.update({ sectionNav: { text: 'hello' }, pageNav: { text: 'test', url: 'A' } });
+
+    expect(stateChanges).toBe(2);
+
+    // if url change we should update
+    chromeService.update({ sectionNav: { text: 'hello' }, pageNav: { text: 'test', url: 'new/url' } });
+    expect(stateChanges).toBe(3);
+
+    // if active child changed should update state
+    chromeService.update({
+      sectionNav: { text: 'hello' },
+      pageNav: { text: 'test', url: 'A', children: [{ text: 'child', active: true }] },
+    });
+    expect(stateChanges).toBe(4);
+
+    // If active child is the same we should not update state
+    chromeService.update({
+      sectionNav: { text: 'hello' },
+      pageNav: { text: 'test', url: 'A', children: [{ text: 'child', active: true }] },
+    });
+    expect(stateChanges).toBe(4);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.tsx
index 10a1a28dcb6..bc919918d99 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface AppChromeState {
 export class AppChromeService {
   searchBarStorageKey = 'SearchBar_Hidden';
   private currentRoute?: RouteDescriptor;
-  private routeChangeHandled?: boolean;
+  private routeChangeHandled = true;
 
   readonly state = new BehaviorSubject<AppChromeState>({
     chromeless: true, // start out hidden to not flash it on pages without chrome
@@ -60,11 +60,29 @@ export class AppChromeService {
     // KioskMode overrides chromeless state
     newState.chromeless = newState.kioskMode === KioskMode.Full || this.currentRoute?.chromeless;
 
-    if (!isShallowEqual(current, newState)) {
+    if (!this.ignoreStateUpdate(newState, current)) {
       this.state.next(newState);
     }
   }
 
+  ignoreStateUpdate(newState: AppChromeState, current: AppChromeState) {
+    if (isShallowEqual(newState, current)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    // Some updates can have new instance of sectionNav or pageNav but with same values
+    if (newState.sectionNav !== current.sectionNav || newState.pageNav !== current.pageNav) {
+      if (
+        navItemsAreTheSame(newState.sectionNav, current.sectionNav) &&
+        navItemsAreTheSame(newState.pageNav, current.pageNav)
+      ) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
   useState() {
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/rules-of-hooks
     return useObservable(this.state, this.state.getValue());
@@ -134,3 +152,17 @@ export class AppChromeService {
     return null;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if text, url and active child url are the same
+ **/
+function navItemsAreTheSame(a: NavModelItem | undefined, b: NavModelItem | undefined) {
+  if (a === b) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const aActiveChild = a?.children?.find((child) => child.active);
+  const bActiveChild = b?.children?.find((child) => child.active);
+
+  return a?.text === b?.text && a?.url === b?.url && aActiveChild?.url === bActiveChild?.url;
+}