diff --git a/src/core/QueryInfo.ts b/src/core/QueryInfo.ts
index c147a7eccd2..61e4e2d8481 100644
--- a/src/core/QueryInfo.ts
+++ b/src/core/QueryInfo.ts
@@ -342,14 +342,20 @@ export class QueryInfo {
     variables: WatchQueryOptions["variables"]
   ) {
     const { lastWrite } = this;
-    return !(
-      lastWrite &&
-      // If cache.evict has been called since the last time we wrote this
-      // data into the cache, there's a chance writing this result into
-      // the cache will repair what was evicted.
-      lastWrite.dmCount === destructiveMethodCounts.get(this.cache) &&
-      equal(variables, lastWrite.variables) &&
-      equal(result.data, lastWrite.result.data)
+    return (
+      // In case variables have changed and there is a race condition where the
+      // previous variables request finishes after the current variables
+      // request, skip the cache update.
+      equal(this.variables, variables) &&
+      !(
+        lastWrite &&
+        // If cache.evict has been called since the last time we wrote this
+        // data into the cache, there's a chance writing this result into
+        // the cache will repair what was evicted.
+        lastWrite.dmCount === destructiveMethodCounts.get(this.cache) &&
+        equal(variables, lastWrite.variables) &&
+        equal(result.data, lastWrite.result.data)
+      )
     );
   }