diff --git a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.tsx b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.tsx
index 6168a3ee3..c0bbcde43 100644
--- a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { act, render, renderHook, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
-import React, { createElement, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import React, {
+  createElement,
+  useState,
+  type ReactNode,
+  useEffect
+} from 'react'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
   NullDetector,
@@ -201,6 +206,48 @@ describe('useQueryStates: referential equality', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('useQueryStates: rendering & bail-out', () => {
+  it('should bail out of rendering the same component when setting to the same value', async () => {
+    let renderCount = 0
+    function TestComponent() {
+      const [{ test }, setSearchParams] = useQueryStates({
+        test: parseAsString
+      })
+      useEffect(() => {
+        renderCount++
+      })
+      return (
+        <>
+          <button
+            onClick={() => {
+              setSearchParams(v => v)
+            }}
+          >
+            Start
+          </button>
+          <div>value: {test}</div>
+        </>
+      )
+    }
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+    const onUrlUpdate = vi.fn<OnUrlUpdateFunction>()
+    render(<TestComponent />, {
+      wrapper: withNuqsTestingAdapter({
+        onUrlUpdate,
+        searchParams: '?test=init'
+      })
+    })
+    await expect(screen.findByText('value: init')).resolves.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(renderCount).toBe(1)
+    expect(onUrlUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Start' }))
+
+    expect(renderCount).toBe(1) // same render count as before
+    expect(onUrlUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) // url update is still called
+  })
+})
+
 describe('useQueryStates: urlKeys remapping', () => {
   it('uses the object key names by default', async () => {
     const onUrlUpdate = vi.fn<OnUrlUpdateFunction>()
diff --git a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts
index 569ed58e6..7734f7b02 100644
--- a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts
@@ -194,36 +194,49 @@ export function useQueryStates<KeyMap extends UseQueryStatesKeysMap>(
 
   // Sync all hooks together & with external URL changes
   useEffect(() => {
-    function updateInternalState(state: V) {
-      debug('[nuq+ %s `%s`] updateInternalState %O', hookId, stateKeys, state)
-      stateRef.current = state
-      setInternalState(state)
-    }
     const handlers = Object.keys(keyMap).reduce(
       (handlers, stateKey) => {
         handlers[stateKey as keyof KeyMap] = ({
           state,
           query
         }: CrossHookSyncPayload) => {
-          const { defaultValue } = keyMap[stateKey]!
-          const urlKey = resolvedUrlKeys[stateKey]!
-          // Note: cannot mutate in-place, the object ref must change
-          // for the subsequent setState to pick it up.
-          stateRef.current = {
-            ...stateRef.current,
-            [stateKey as keyof KeyMap]: state ?? defaultValue ?? null
-          }
-          queryRef.current[urlKey] = query
-          debug(
-            '[nuq+ %s `%s`] Cross-hook key sync %s: %O (default: %O). Resolved: %O',
-            hookId,
-            stateKeys,
-            urlKey,
-            state,
-            defaultValue,
-            stateRef.current
-          )
-          updateInternalState(stateRef.current)
+          setInternalState(currentState => {
+            const { defaultValue } = keyMap[stateKey]!
+            const urlKey = resolvedUrlKeys[stateKey]!
+            const nextValue = state ?? defaultValue ?? null
+            const currentValue = currentState[stateKey] ?? defaultValue ?? null
+
+            if (Object.is(currentValue, nextValue)) {
+              debug(
+                '[nuq+ %s `%s`] Cross-hook key sync %s: %O (default: %O). no change, skipping, resolved: %O',
+                hookId,
+                stateKeys,
+                urlKey,
+                state,
+                defaultValue,
+                stateRef.current
+              )
+              // bail out by returning the current state
+              return currentState
+            }
+            // Note: cannot mutate in-place, the object ref must change
+            // for the subsequent setState to pick it up.
+            stateRef.current = {
+              ...stateRef.current,
+              [stateKey as keyof KeyMap]: nextValue
+            }
+            queryRef.current[urlKey] = query
+            debug(
+              '[nuq+ %s `%s`] Cross-hook key sync %s: %O (default: %O). updateInternalState, resolved: %O',
+              hookId,
+              stateKeys,
+              urlKey,
+              state,
+              defaultValue,
+              stateRef.current
+            )
+            return stateRef.current
+          })
         }
         return handlers
       },