diff --git a/.changeset/fix-media-recorder-restart.md b/.changeset/fix-media-recorder-restart.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a51c7d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-media-recorder-restart.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@livekit/react-native': patch
+---
+
+Fix `MediaRecorder` duplicating audio data after it is stopped and started again
diff --git a/src/__tests__/MediaRecorder.test.ts b/src/__tests__/MediaRecorder.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7959cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/MediaRecorder.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, jest } from '@jest/globals';
+import { DeviceEventEmitter } from 'react-native';
+import type { MediaStream } from '@livekit/react-native-webrtc';
+import { MediaRecorder } from '../audio/MediaRecorder';
+import { setupNativeEvents } from '../events/EventEmitter';
+import LiveKitModule from '../LKNativeModule';
+
+jest.mock('../LKNativeModule', () => {
+  let nextTag = 0;
+  return {
+    __esModule: true,
+    default: {
+      createAudioSinkListener: jest.fn(() => `sink-${nextTag++}`),
+      deleteAudioSinkListener: jest.fn(),
+      addListener: jest.fn(),
+      removeListeners: jest.fn(),
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+// The real package loads native WebRTC modules; MediaRecorder only needs the
+// event target helpers it re-exports.
+jest.mock('@livekit/react-native-webrtc', () =>
+  jest.requireActual(
+    '@livekit/react-native-webrtc/lib/commonjs/vendor/event-target-shim'
+  )
+);
+
+setupNativeEvents();
+
+const fakeStream = {
+  getAudioTracks: () => [{ id: 'track-1', _peerConnectionId: 1 }],
+} as unknown as MediaStream;
+
+// Native sink data arrives as base64 strings tagged with the sink id.
+const emitAudioData = (id: string | undefined, bytes: number[]) => {
+  DeviceEventEmitter.emit('LK_AUDIO_DATA', {
+    id,
+    data: Buffer.from(bytes).toString('base64'),
+  });
+};
+
+const recordOnce = (recorder: MediaRecorder, bytes: number[]) => {
+  const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
+  const onData = (event: { data: { byteArray: Uint8Array } }) => {
+    chunks.push(event.data.byteArray);
+  };
+  recorder.addEventListener('dataavailable', onData as never);
+  recorder.start();
+  emitAudioData(recorder._reactTag, bytes);
+  recorder.stop();
+  recorder.removeEventListener('dataavailable', onData as never);
+  return chunks;
+};
+
+describe('MediaRecorder', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('records each chunk once when started again after stop', () => {
+    const recorder = new MediaRecorder(fakeStream);
+
+    const first = recordOnce(recorder, [1, 2, 3]);
+    const second = recordOnce(recorder, [4, 5, 6]);
+
+    expect(first.map((c) => Array.from(c))).toEqual([[1, 2, 3]]);
+    expect(second.map((c) => Array.from(c))).toEqual([[4, 5, 6]]);
+  });
+
+  it('deletes the native sink only once when stopped twice', () => {
+    const recorder = new MediaRecorder(fakeStream);
+
+    recorder.start();
+    recorder.stop();
+    recorder.stop();
+
+    expect(LiveKitModule.deleteAudioSinkListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/audio/MediaRecorder.ts b/src/audio/MediaRecorder.ts
index a5ee80d5..07ea39e9 100644
--- a/src/audio/MediaRecorder.ts
+++ b/src/audio/MediaRecorder.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   getEventAttributeValue,
   setEventAttributeValue,
 } from '@livekit/react-native-webrtc';
-import { addListener } from '../events/EventEmitter';
+import { addListener, removeListener } from '../events/EventEmitter';
 import { toByteArray } from 'base64-js';
 import LiveKitModule from '../LKNativeModule';
 import { log } from '../logger';
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export class MediaRecorder extends EventTarget<MediaRecorderEventMap> {
   }
 
   unregisterListener() {
+    removeListener(this);
     if (this._reactTag) {
       let audioTracks = this.stream.getAudioTracks();
       if (audioTracks.length !== 1) {
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ export class MediaRecorder extends EventTarget<MediaRecorderEventMap> {
         peerConnectionId,
         mediaStreamTrackId
       );
+      this._reactTag = undefined;
     }
   }