diff --git a/consumer.go b/consumer.go
index 0d0410d8..1db43565 100644
--- a/consumer.go
+++ b/consumer.go
@@ -981,7 +981,13 @@ func (r *Consumer) sendRDY(c *Conn, count int64) error {
 	}
 
 	atomic.AddInt64(&r.totalRdyCount, count-c.RDY())
+
+	lastRDY := c.LastRDY()
 	c.SetRDY(count)
+	if count == lastRDY {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	err := c.WriteCommand(Ready(int(count)))
 	if err != nil {
 		r.log(LogLevelError, "(%s) error sending RDY %d - %s", c.String(), count, err)
diff --git a/mock_test.go b/mock_test.go
index 8d9dbf91..9c7f2879 100644
--- a/mock_test.go
+++ b/mock_test.go
@@ -343,15 +343,19 @@ func TestConsumerRequeueNoBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 		"RDY 0",
 		fmt.Sprintf("REQ %s 0", msgIDRequeueNoBackoff),
 		"RDY 1",
-		"RDY 1",
+		"RDY 1",   // Duplicate rdy update will be ignored.
 		fmt.Sprintf("FIN %s", msgIDGood),
 	}
-	if len(n.got) != len(expected) {
+	if len(n.got) != len(expected) - 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("we got %d commands != %d expected", len(n.got), len(expected))
 	}
 	for i, r := range n.got {
-		if string(r) != expected[i] {
-			t.Fatalf("cmd %d bad %s != %s", i, r, expected[i])
+		j := i
+		if i == len(n.got) - 1 {
+			j = i + 1
+		}
+ 		if string(r) != expected[j] {
+			t.Fatalf("cmd %d bad %s != %s", i, r, expected[j])
 		}
 	}
 }