diff --git a/.changeset/funny-masks-strive.md b/.changeset/funny-masks-strive.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec09d72cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/funny-masks-strive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"livekit-client": patch
+---
+
+Fix unnecessary track restarts on unmute when using ideal device constraints
diff --git a/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts b/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts
index fb77e2e9ec..41918bcb57 100644
--- a/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts
+++ b/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { TrackEvent } from '../events';
 import { computeBitrate, monitorFrequency } from '../stats';
 import type { AudioSenderStats } from '../stats';
 import type { LoggerOptions } from '../types';
-import { isReactNative, isWeb, unwrapConstraint } from '../utils';
+import { isReactNative, isWeb } from '../utils';
 import LocalTrack from './LocalTrack';
 import { Track } from './Track';
 import type { AudioCaptureOptions } from './options';
@@ -74,14 +74,11 @@ export default class LocalAudioTrack extends LocalTrack<Track.Kind.Audio> {
         return this;
       }
 
-      const deviceHasChanged =
-        this._constraints.deviceId &&
-        this._mediaStreamTrack.getSettings().deviceId !==
-          unwrapConstraint(this._constraints.deviceId);
-
       if (
         this.source === Track.Source.Microphone &&
-        (this.stopOnMute || this._mediaStreamTrack.readyState === 'ended' || deviceHasChanged) &&
+        (this.stopOnMute ||
+          this._mediaStreamTrack.readyState === 'ended' ||
+          this.pendingDeviceChange) &&
         !this.isUserProvided
       ) {
         this.log.debug('reacquiring mic track', this.logContext);
diff --git a/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts b/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts
index 0306b7ace6..a1a86a4a21 100644
--- a/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts
+++ b/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ export default abstract class LocalTrack<
 
   protected trackChangeLock: Mutex;
 
+  protected pendingDeviceChange: boolean = false;
+
   /**
    *
    * @param mediaTrack
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ export default abstract class LocalTrack<
     // when track is muted, underlying media stream track is stopped and
     // will be restarted later
     if (this.isMuted) {
+      this.pendingDeviceChange = true;
       return true;
     }
 
@@ -365,6 +368,7 @@ export default abstract class LocalTrack<
 
       await this.setMediaStreamTrack(newTrack);
       this._constraints = constraints;
+      this.pendingDeviceChange = false;
       this.emit(TrackEvent.Restarted, this);
       if (this.manuallyStopped) {
         this.log.warn(