diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/CardDavBackend.php b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/CardDavBackend.php
index 8fb48d062d..9d602025c7 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/CardDavBackend.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/CardDavBackend.php
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class CardDavBackend implements BackendInterface, SyncSupport {
 	/** @var EventDispatcherInterface */
 	private $dispatcher;
 
+	private $etagCache = [];
+
 	/**
 	 * CardDavBackend constructor.
 	 *
@@ -653,6 +655,9 @@ class CardDavBackend implements BackendInterface, SyncSupport {
 			])
 			->execute();
 
+		$etagCacheKey = "$addressBookId#$cardUri";
+		$this->etagCache[$etagCacheKey] = $etag;
+
 		$this->addChange($addressBookId, $cardUri, 1);
 		$this->updateProperties($addressBookId, $cardUri, $cardData);
 
@@ -694,6 +699,13 @@ class CardDavBackend implements BackendInterface, SyncSupport {
 		$uid = $this->getUID($cardData);
 		$etag = md5($cardData);
 		$query = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
+
+		// check for recently stored etag and stop if it is the same
+		$etagCacheKey = "$addressBookId#$cardUri";
+		if (isset($this->etagCache[$etagCacheKey]) && $this->etagCache[$etagCacheKey] === $etag) {
+			return '"' . $etag . '"';
+		}
+
 		$query->update($this->dbCardsTable)
 			->set('carddata', $query->createNamedParameter($cardData, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_LOB))
 			->set('lastmodified', $query->createNamedParameter(time()))
@@ -704,6 +716,8 @@ class CardDavBackend implements BackendInterface, SyncSupport {
 			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('addressbookid', $query->createNamedParameter($addressBookId)))
 			->execute();
 
+		$this->etagCache[$etagCacheKey] = $etag;
+
 		$this->addChange($addressBookId, $cardUri, 2);
 		$this->updateProperties($addressBookId, $cardUri, $cardData);
 
diff --git a/apps/dav/tests/unit/CardDAV/CardDavBackendTest.php b/apps/dav/tests/unit/CardDAV/CardDavBackendTest.php
index c32aad5a05..0e507bc6b3 100644
--- a/apps/dav/tests/unit/CardDAV/CardDavBackendTest.php
+++ b/apps/dav/tests/unit/CardDAV/CardDavBackendTest.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class CardDavBackendTest extends TestCase {
 		$uri = $this->getUniqueID('card');
 		// updateProperties is expected twice, once for createCard and once for updateCard
 		$backend->expects($this->at(0))->method('updateProperties')->with($bookId, $uri, $this->vcardTest0);
-		$backend->expects($this->at(1))->method('updateProperties')->with($bookId, $uri, $this->vcardTest0);
+		$backend->expects($this->at(1))->method('updateProperties')->with($bookId, $uri, $this->vcardTest1);
 
 		// Expect event
 		$this->dispatcher->expects($this->at(0))
@@ -288,13 +288,13 @@ class CardDavBackendTest extends TestCase {
 			->with('\OCA\DAV\CardDAV\CardDavBackend::updateCard', $this->callback(function (GenericEvent $e) use ($bookId, $uri) {
 				return $e->getArgument('addressBookId') === $bookId &&
 					$e->getArgument('cardUri') === $uri &&
-					$e->getArgument('cardData') === $this->vcardTest0;
+					$e->getArgument('cardData') === $this->vcardTest1;
 			}));
 
 		// update the card
-		$backend->updateCard($bookId, $uri, $this->vcardTest0);
+		$backend->updateCard($bookId, $uri, $this->vcardTest1);
 		$card = $backend->getCard($bookId, $uri);
-		$this->assertEquals($this->vcardTest0, $card['carddata']);
+		$this->assertEquals($this->vcardTest1, $card['carddata']);
 
 		// Expect event
 		$this->dispatcher->expects($this->at(0))