diff --git a/SentryTestUtils/TestDisplayLinkWrapper.swift b/SentryTestUtils/TestDisplayLinkWrapper.swift
index 3f71d3dc6d2..e0528bb4843 100644
--- a/SentryTestUtils/TestDisplayLinkWrapper.swift
+++ b/SentryTestUtils/TestDisplayLinkWrapper.swift
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ public class TestDisplayLinkWrapper: SentryDisplayLinkWrapper {
         fastestFrozenFrameDuration = frozenFrameThreshold + timeEpsilon
     }
 
+    public var ignoreLinkInvocations = false
     public var linkInvocations = Invocations<Void>()
     public override func link(withTarget target: Any, selector sel: Selector) {
-        linkInvocations.record(Void())
-        self.target = target as AnyObject
-        self.selector = sel
+        if ignoreLinkInvocations == false {
+            linkInvocations.record(Void())
+            self.target = target as AnyObject
+            self.selector = sel
+        }
     }
 
     public override var timestamp: CFTimeInterval {
diff --git a/SentryTestUtils/TestNSNotificationCenterWrapper.swift b/SentryTestUtils/TestNSNotificationCenterWrapper.swift
index 79510b4873b..8a03b2c709e 100644
--- a/SentryTestUtils/TestNSNotificationCenterWrapper.swift
+++ b/SentryTestUtils/TestNSNotificationCenterWrapper.swift
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Sentry
 @objcMembers public class TestNSNotificationCenterWrapper: SentryNSNotificationCenterWrapper {
     
     public var ignoreRemoveObserver = false
+    public var ignoreAddObserver = false
     
     public var addObserverInvocations = Invocations<(observer: WeakReference<NSObject>, selector: Selector, name: NSNotification.Name)>()
     public var addObserverInvocationsCount: Int {
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@ import Sentry
     }
 
     public override func addObserver(_ observer: NSObject, selector aSelector: Selector, name aName: NSNotification.Name) {
-        addObserverInvocations.record((WeakReference(value: observer), aSelector, aName))
+        if ignoreAddObserver == false {
+            addObserverInvocations.record((WeakReference(value: observer), aSelector, aName))
+        }
     }
 
     public var removeObserverWithNameInvocations = Invocations< NSNotification.Name>()
diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/SentryFramesTracker.m b/Sources/Sentry/SentryFramesTracker.m
index b9b0123e257..6c5908bf16c 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/SentryFramesTracker.m
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/SentryFramesTracker.m
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 @interface
 SentryFramesTracker ()
 
+@property (nonatomic, assign, readonly) BOOL isStarted;
+
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) SentryDisplayLinkWrapper *displayLinkWrapper;
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) SentryCurrentDateProvider *dateProvider;
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) SentryDispatchQueueWrapper *dispatchQueueWrapper;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithDisplayLinkWrapper:(SentryDisplayLinkWrapper *)displayLi
 {
     if (self = [super init]) {
         _isRunning = NO;
+        _isStarted = NO;
         _displayLinkWrapper = displayLinkWrapper;
         _dateProvider = dateProvider;
         _dispatchQueueWrapper = dispatchQueueWrapper;
@@ -141,6 +144,12 @@ - (void)resetProfilingTimestampsInternal
 
 - (void)start
 {
+    if (_isStarted) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    _isStarted = YES;
+
     [self.notificationCenter
         addObserver:self
            selector:@selector(didBecomeActive)
@@ -331,6 +340,12 @@ - (void)pause
 
 - (void)stop
 {
+    if (!_isStarted) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    _isStarted = NO;
+
     [self pause];
     [self.delayedFramesTracker resetDelayedFramesTimeStamps];
 
diff --git a/Tests/SentryTests/Integrations/Performance/FramesTracking/SentryFramesTrackerTests.swift b/Tests/SentryTests/Integrations/Performance/FramesTracking/SentryFramesTrackerTests.swift
index 427387dda48..2c7774fd9b1 100644
--- a/Tests/SentryTests/Integrations/Performance/FramesTracking/SentryFramesTrackerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SentryTests/Integrations/Performance/FramesTracking/SentryFramesTrackerTests.swift
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import XCTest
 
 #if os(iOS) || os(tvOS) || targetEnvironment(macCatalyst)
 class SentryFramesTrackerTests: XCTestCase {
-
+    
     private class Fixture {
-
+        
         var displayLinkWrapper: TestDisplayLinkWrapper
         var queue: DispatchQueue
         var dateProvider = TestCurrentDateProvider()
@@ -14,28 +14,28 @@ class SentryFramesTrackerTests: XCTestCase {
         let keepDelayedFramesDuration = 10.0
         
         let slowestSlowFrameDelay: Double
-
+        
         init() {
             displayLinkWrapper = TestDisplayLinkWrapper(dateProvider: dateProvider)
             queue = DispatchQueue(label: "SentryFramesTrackerTests", qos: .background, attributes: [.concurrent])
             
             slowestSlowFrameDelay = (displayLinkWrapper.slowestSlowFrameDuration - slowFrameThreshold(displayLinkWrapper.currentFrameRate.rawValue))
         }
-
+        
         lazy var sut: SentryFramesTracker = SentryFramesTracker(displayLinkWrapper: displayLinkWrapper, dateProvider: dateProvider, dispatchQueueWrapper: SentryDispatchQueueWrapper(), notificationCenter: notificationCenter, keepDelayedFramesDuration: keepDelayedFramesDuration)
     }
-
+    
     private var fixture: Fixture!
-
+    
     override func setUp() {
         super.setUp()
         fixture = Fixture()
     }
-
+    
     func testIsNotRunning_WhenNotStarted() {
         XCTAssertFalse(self.fixture.sut.isRunning)
     }
-
+    
     func testIsRunning_WhenStarted() {
         let sut = fixture.sut
         sut.start()
@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ class SentryFramesTrackerTests: XCTestCase {
         
         XCTAssertEqual(self.fixture.displayLinkWrapper.linkInvocations.count, 1)
     }
-
+    
+    func testStartTwice_SubscribesOnceToNotifications() {
+        let sut = fixture.sut
+        sut.start()
+        sut.start()
+        
+        XCTAssertEqual(self.fixture.notificationCenter.addObserverInvocationsCount, 2)
+    }
+    
     func testIsNotRunning_WhenStopped() {
         let sut = fixture.sut
         sut.start()
@@ -58,6 +66,15 @@ class SentryFramesTrackerTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertFalse(self.fixture.sut.isRunning)
     }
     
+    func testWhenStoppedTwice_OnlyRemovesOnceFromNotifications() {
+        let sut = fixture.sut
+        sut.start()
+        sut.stop()
+        sut.stop()
+        
+        XCTAssertEqual(self.fixture.notificationCenter.removeObserverWithNameInvocationsCount, 2)
+    }
+    
     func testKeepFrames_WhenStopped() throws {
         let sut = fixture.sut
         sut.start()
@@ -587,7 +604,16 @@ class SentryFramesTrackerTests: XCTestCase {
     
     func testDealloc_CallsStop() {
         func sutIsDeallocatedAfterCallingMe() {
-            _ = SentryFramesTracker(displayLinkWrapper: fixture.displayLinkWrapper, dateProvider: fixture.dateProvider, dispatchQueueWrapper: SentryDispatchQueueWrapper(), notificationCenter: TestNSNotificationCenterWrapper(), keepDelayedFramesDuration: 0)
+            
+            let notificationCenter = TestNSNotificationCenterWrapper()
+            notificationCenter.ignoreAddObserver = true
+            
+            let displayLinkWrapper = fixture.displayLinkWrapper
+            displayLinkWrapper.ignoreLinkInvocations = true
+            
+            let sut = SentryFramesTracker(displayLinkWrapper: displayLinkWrapper, dateProvider: fixture.dateProvider, dispatchQueueWrapper: SentryDispatchQueueWrapper(), notificationCenter: notificationCenter, keepDelayedFramesDuration: 0)
+            
+            sut.start()
         }
         sutIsDeallocatedAfterCallingMe()