diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/ui/branch/dashboard/BranchesDashboardController.kt b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/ui/branch/dashboard/BranchesDashboardController.kt
index 9251ea8f10d3..47992a454a04 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/ui/branch/dashboard/BranchesDashboardController.kt
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/ui/branch/dashboard/BranchesDashboardController.kt
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ internal class BranchesDashboardController(private val project: Project,
     with(project.service<GitBranchManager>()) {
       for (localBranch in localBranches) {
         val isFavorite = localBranch.repositories.any { isFavorite(GitBranchType.LOCAL, it, localBranch.branchName) }
-        changed = changed or isFavorite
+        changed = changed or (localBranch.isFavorite != isFavorite)
         localBranch.apply { this.isFavorite = isFavorite }
       }
       for (remoteBranch in remoteBranches) {
         val isFavorite = remoteBranch.repositories.any { isFavorite(GitBranchType.REMOTE, it, remoteBranch.branchName) }
-        changed = changed or isFavorite
+        changed = changed or (remoteBranch.isFavorite != isFavorite)
         remoteBranch.apply { this.isFavorite = isFavorite }
       }
     }