diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackController.java b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackController.java
index e97f125a809..3aaa17855f6 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackController.java
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackController.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public void onAttachToParent() {
 
     @Override
     public void mergeOptions(Options options) {
-        presenter.mergeOptions(options, this, getCurrentChild());
+        if (isViewShown()) presenter.mergeOptions(options, this, getCurrentChild());
         super.mergeOptions(options);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackControllerTest.java b/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackControllerTest.java
index 8ac5429cfd8..5359ae52dec 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackControllerTest.java
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/viewcontrollers/stack/StackControllerTest.java
@@ -1039,6 +1039,12 @@ public void mergeChildOptions_updatesViewWithNewOptions() {
         verify(uut, times(1)).mergeChildOptions(optionsToMerge, vc);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void mergeOptions_doesNotMergeOptionsIfViewIsNotVisible() {
+        uut.mergeOptions(Options.EMPTY);
+        verify(presenter, times(0)).mergeOptions(any(), any(), any());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void mergeChildOptions_updatesParentControllerWithNewOptions() {
         StackController uut = TestUtils.newStackController(activity)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a36fac28884..49c96ee03cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}