diff --git a/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm b/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm
index b1ecf1c41..e36f0299e 100644
--- a/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm
+++ b/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm
@@ -5093,16 +5093,28 @@ public:
 
     void activate() override
     {
+        if (activationCount++)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         [EAGLContext setCurrentContext:nativeView.context];
     }
 
     void deactivate() override
     {
+        if (--activationCount)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         [EAGLContext setCurrentContext:nil];
     }
 
 private:
     __weak MGLMapView *nativeView = nullptr;
+
+    NSUInteger activationCount = 0;
 };
 
 @end
diff --git a/platform/macos/src/MGLMapView.mm b/platform/macos/src/MGLMapView.mm
index 50b77bc81..ba0704826 100644
--- a/platform/macos/src/MGLMapView.mm
+++ b/platform/macos/src/MGLMapView.mm
@@ -2611,11 +2611,19 @@ public:
     }
 
     void activate() override {
+        if (activationCount++) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         MGLOpenGLLayer *layer = (MGLOpenGLLayer *)nativeView.layer;
         [layer.openGLContext makeCurrentContext];
     }
 
     void deactivate() override {
+        if (--activationCount) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         [NSOpenGLContext clearCurrentContext];
     }
 
@@ -2661,6 +2669,9 @@ private:
 
     /// The current framebuffer of the NSOpenGLLayer we are painting to.
     GLint fbo = 0;
+
+    /// The reference counted count of activation calls
+    NSUInteger activationCount = 0;
 };
 
 @end