diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 4d772d4b19..a60adeceb5 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -4372,8 +4372,11 @@ int Application::processOctreeStats(ReceivedMessage& message, SharedNodePointer
             serverType = "Entity";
         }
 
+        bool found = false;
+
         jurisdiction->withReadLock([&] {
             if (jurisdiction->find(nodeUUID) != jurisdiction->end()) {
+                found = true;
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -4384,15 +4387,18 @@ int Application::processOctreeStats(ReceivedMessage& message, SharedNodePointer
                 qPrintable(serverType),
                 (double)rootDetails.x, (double)rootDetails.y, (double)rootDetails.z, (double)rootDetails.s);
         });
-        // store jurisdiction details for later use
-        // This is bit of fiddling is because JurisdictionMap assumes it is the owner of the values used to construct it
-        // but OctreeSceneStats thinks it's just returning a reference to its contents. So we need to make a copy of the
-        // details from the OctreeSceneStats to construct the JurisdictionMap
-        JurisdictionMap jurisdictionMap;
-        jurisdictionMap.copyContents(octreeStats.getJurisdictionRoot(), octreeStats.getJurisdictionEndNodes());
-        jurisdiction->withWriteLock([&] {
-            (*jurisdiction)[nodeUUID] = jurisdictionMap;
-        });
+
+        if (!found) {
+            // store jurisdiction details for later use
+            // This is bit of fiddling is because JurisdictionMap assumes it is the owner of the values used to construct it
+            // but OctreeSceneStats thinks it's just returning a reference to its contents. So we need to make a copy of the
+            // details from the OctreeSceneStats to construct the JurisdictionMap
+            JurisdictionMap jurisdictionMap;
+            jurisdictionMap.copyContents(octreeStats.getJurisdictionRoot(), octreeStats.getJurisdictionEndNodes());
+            jurisdiction->withWriteLock([&] {
+                (*jurisdiction)[nodeUUID] = jurisdictionMap;
+            });
+        }
     });
 
     return statsMessageLength;