diff --git a/assets/global.js b/assets/global.js
index 0fc7a7c24ad..90ce804286f 100644
--- a/assets/global.js
+++ b/assets/global.js
@@ -558,6 +558,10 @@ class SliderComponent extends HTMLElement {
   }
 
   update() {
+    // Temporarily prevents unneeded updates resulting from variant changes
+    // This should be refactored as part of https://github.com/Shopify/dawn/issues/2057
+    if (!this.slider || !this.nextButton) return;
+
     const previousPage = this.currentPage;
     this.currentPage = Math.round(this.slider.scrollLeft / this.sliderItemOffset) + 1;