diff --git a/app/actions/TrezorActions.js b/app/actions/TrezorActions.js
index 76d1f2d7e8..1d0f950912 100644
--- a/app/actions/TrezorActions.js
+++ b/app/actions/TrezorActions.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ let setListeners = false;
 
 export const TRZ_WALLET_CLOSED = "TRZ_WALLET_CLOSED";
 export const TRZ_TREZOR_ENABLED = "TRZ_TREZOR_ENABLED";
+export const TRZ_TREZORD_STARTED = "TRZ_TREZORD_STARTED";
 
 // enableTrezor attepts to start a connection with connect if none exist and
 // connect to a trezor device.
@@ -56,7 +57,11 @@ export const enableTrezor = () => async (dispatch, getState) => {
     setDeviceListeners(dispatch, getState);
     setListeners = true;
   }
-  await trezord.start();
+  const trezordStarted = getState().trezor.trezordStarted;
+  if (!trezordStarted) {
+    await trezord.start();
+    dispatch({ type: TRZ_TREZORD_STARTED });
+  }
   connect()(dispatch, getState);
 };
 
@@ -83,22 +88,27 @@ export const initTransport = async (session, debug) => {
 export const TRZ_CONNECT_ATTEMPT = "TRZ_CONNECT_ATTEMPT";
 export const TRZ_CONNECT_FAILED = "TRZ_CONNECT_FAILED";
 export const TRZ_CONNECT_SUCCESS = "TRZ_CONNECT_SUCCESS";
+export const TRZ_INIT_SUCCESS = "TRZ_INIT_SUCCESS";
 export const TRZ_UDEV_ERROR = "TREZOR_UDEV_ERROR";
 
 export const connect = () => async (dispatch, getState) => {
   const {
-    trezor: { connected, connectAttempt }
+    trezor: { connected, connectAttempt, initted }
   } = getState();
   if (connected || connectAttempt) return;
   dispatch({ type: TRZ_CONNECT_ATTEMPT });
 
   wallet.allowExternalRequest(EXTERNALREQUEST_TREZOR_BRIDGE);
 
-  const debug = getState().trezor.debug;
-  await initTransport(session, debug).catch((error) => {
-    dispatch({ error, type: TRZ_CONNECT_FAILED });
-    return;
-  });
+  // We can only ever init transport once.
+  if (!initted) {
+    const debug = getState().trezor.debug;
+      await initTransport(session, debug).catch((error) => {
+        dispatch({ error, type: TRZ_CONNECT_FAILED });
+        return;
+      });
+    dispatch({ type: TRZ_INIT_SUCCESS });
+  }
   try {
     await dispatch(getFeatures());
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/app/reducers/trezor.js b/app/reducers/trezor.js
index 4ab930fa77..7375f758a6 100644
--- a/app/reducers/trezor.js
+++ b/app/reducers/trezor.js
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import {
   TRZ_INITDEVICE_ATTEMPT,
   TRZ_INITDEVICE_FAILED,
   TRZ_INITDEVICE_SUCCESS,
+  TRZ_INIT_SUCCESS,
+  TRZ_TREZORD_STARTED,
   TRZ_UPDATEFIRMWARE_ATTEMPT,
   TRZ_UPDATEFIRMWARE_FAILED,
   TRZ_UPDATEFIRMWARE_SUCCESS,
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ export default function trezor(state = {}, action) {
     case TRZ_TREZOR_ENABLED:
       return { ...state, enabled: true };
     case TRZ_TREZOR_DISABLED:
-      return { ...state, enabled: false };
+      return { ...state };
     case TRZ_CONNECT_ATTEMPT:
       return {
         ...state,
@@ -224,6 +226,10 @@ export default function trezor(state = {}, action) {
     case TRZ_WIPEDEVICE_ATTEMPT:
     case TRZ_INITDEVICE_ATTEMPT:
       return { ...state, performingOperation: true };
+    case TRZ_INIT_SUCCESS:
+      return { ...state, initted: true };
+    case TRZ_TREZORD_STARTED:
+      return { ...state, trezordStarted: true };
     case TRZ_TOGGLEPINPROTECTION_ATTEMPT:
       return {
         ...state,
@@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ export default function trezor(state = {}, action) {
         performingTogglePassphraseOnDeviceProtection: false
       };
     case CLOSEWALLET_SUCCESS:
-      return { ...state, enabled: false };
+      return { ...state };
     case TRZ_UDEV_ERROR:
       return {
         ...state,