diff --git a/js/views/create_group_dialog_view.js b/js/views/create_group_dialog_view.js
index a2bc8d78e..96c0f8e54 100644
--- a/js/views/create_group_dialog_view.js
+++ b/js/views/create_group_dialog_view.js
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@
         Component: window.Signal.Components.UpdateGroupMembersDialog,
         props: {
           titleText: this.titleText,
-          groupName: this.groupName,
           okText: i18n('ok'),
           cancelText: i18n('cancel'),
           isPublic: this.isPublic,
@@ -180,13 +179,24 @@
       this.$el.append(this.dialogView.el);
       return this;
     },
-    onSubmit(groupName, newMembers) {
+    onSubmit(newMembers) {
       const ourPK = textsecure.storage.user.getNumber();
       const allMembers = window.Lodash.concat(newMembers, [ourPK]);
 
+      // We need to NOT trigger an group update if the list of member is the same.
+      const notPresentInOld = allMembers.filter(m => !this.existingMembers.includes(m));
+      const notPresentInNew = this.existingMembers.filter(m => !allMembers.includes(m));
+      // would be easer with _.xor but for some reason we do not have it
+      const xor = notPresentInNew.concat(notPresentInOld)
+      if (xor.length === 0) {
+        window.console.log('skipping group update: no detected changes in group member list');
+
+        return;
+      }
+
       window.doUpdateGroup(
         this.groupId,
-        groupName,
+        this.groupName,
         allMembers,
         this.avatarPath
       );
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/UpdateGroupMembersDialog.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/UpdateGroupMembersDialog.tsx
index 00b51ddea..561e90fb1 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/UpdateGroupMembersDialog.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/UpdateGroupMembersDialog.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 
 interface Props {
   titleText: string;
-  groupName: string;
   okText: string;
   isPublic: boolean;
   cancelText: string;
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ export class UpdateGroupMembersDialog extends React.Component<Props, State> {
       d => d.id
     );
 
-    this.props.onSubmit(this.props.groupName, members);
+    this.props.onSubmit(members);
 
     this.closeDialog();
   }