diff --git a/src/components/controls/color-by.js b/src/components/controls/color-by.js
index 2d6b5f746..ac24b136c 100644
--- a/src/components/controls/color-by.js
+++ b/src/components/controls/color-by.js
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ class ColorBy extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Avoids double invocation of change() method
+   */
+  shouldComponentUpdate(_, nextState) {
+    if (this.state.colorBySelected === nextState.colorBySelected &&
+        this.state.geneSelected === nextState.geneSelected &&
+        this.state.positionSelected === nextState.positionSelected) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   dispatchColorBy(colorBy, name = colorBy) {
     analyticsControlsEvent(`color-by-${name}`);
     this.props.dispatch(changeColorBy(colorBy));