diff --git a/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee b/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee
index 23f5c6bae0a4..3cdcb3f3d72e 100644
--- a/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee
+++ b/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ exports.getObject = (id) ->
   metaToValue meta
 
 # Get current window object.
+windowCache = null
 exports.getCurrentWindow = ->
+  return windowCache if windowCache?
   meta = ipc.sendChannelSync 'ATOM_BROWSER_CURRENT_WINDOW'
-  metaToValue meta
+  windowCache = metaToValue meta
 
 # Get a global object in browser.
 exports.getGlobal = (name) ->