diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window_views.h b/atom/browser/native_window_views.h
index 862cd5458bb6..bcf3ca8bd16f 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window_views.h
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window_views.h
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ class NativeWindowViews : public NativeWindow,
 
   // In charge of running taskbar related APIs.
   TaskbarHost taskbar_host_;
+
+  // If true we have enabled a11y
+  bool enabled_a11y_support_;
+
 #endif
 
   // Handles unhandled keyboard messages coming back from the renderer process.
diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window_views_win.cc b/atom/browser/native_window_views_win.cc
index b395c4dd9bdf..038ab105222d 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window_views_win.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window_views_win.cc
@@ -91,11 +91,16 @@ bool NativeWindowViews::PreHandleMSG(
     // accessibility object.
     case WM_GETOBJECT: {
       const DWORD obj_id = static_cast<DWORD>(l_param);
+      if (enabled_a11y_support_) return false;
+
       if (obj_id == OBJID_CLIENT) {
         const auto axState = content::BrowserAccessibilityState::GetInstance();
-        if (axState && !axState->IsAccessibleBrowser())
+        if (axState && !axState->IsAccessibleBrowser()) {
           axState->OnScreenReaderDetected();
+          enabled_a11y_support_ = true;
+        }
       }
+
       return false;
     }
     case WM_COMMAND: