diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js
index 2d00d3e0d6..1d50c1067c 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 import { t } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import getToastsFromPyFlashMessages from 'src/components/MessageToasts/getToastsFromPyFlashMessages';
 
+export function dedupeTabHistory(tabHistory) {
+  return tabHistory.reduce(
+    (result, tabId) =>
+      result.slice(-1)[0] === tabId ? result : result.concat(tabId),
+    [],
+  );
+}
+
 export default function getInitialState({
   defaultDbId,
   common,
@@ -193,7 +201,7 @@ export default function getInitialState({
       offline: false,
       queries,
       queryEditors: Object.values(queryEditors),
-      tabHistory,
+      tabHistory: dedupeTabHistory(tabHistory),
       tables,
       queriesLastUpdate: Date.now(),
       user,
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.test.ts b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.test.ts
index 94a0c6a85e..e1896d882d 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.test.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import getInitialState from './getInitialState';
+import getInitialState, { dedupeTabHistory } from './getInitialState';
 
 const apiData = {
   defaultDbId: 1,
@@ -51,4 +51,21 @@ describe('getInitialState', () => {
         .templateParams,
     ).toBeUndefined();
   });
+
+  describe('dedupeTabHistory', () => {
+    it('should dedupe the tab history', () => {
+      [
+        { value: [], expected: [] },
+        { value: [12, 3, 4, 5, 6], expected: [12, 3, 4, 5, 6] },
+        { value: [1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2], expected: [1, 2] },
+        {
+          value: [1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3],
+          expected: [1, 2, 3],
+        },
+        { value: [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3], expected: [2, 3] },
+      ].forEach(({ value, expected }) => {
+        expect(dedupeTabHistory(value)).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });