diff --git a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/tabgroup/TiUIBottomNavigationTabGroup.java b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/tabgroup/TiUIBottomNavigationTabGroup.java
index dcdf8b06b66..0a3b60794d2 100644
--- a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/tabgroup/TiUIBottomNavigationTabGroup.java
+++ b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/tabgroup/TiUIBottomNavigationTabGroup.java
@@ -321,6 +321,11 @@ public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item)
 	{
 		// The controller has changed its selected item.
 		int index = this.mMenuItemsArray.indexOf(item);
+		// Guard for clicking on the currently selected tab.
+		// This is required to have parity with the default style tab.
+		if (index == this.currentlySelectedIndex) {
+			return true;
+		}
 		if ((index != currentlySelectedIndex) && (getProxy() != null)) {
 			if ((currentlySelectedIndex >= 0) && (currentlySelectedIndex < this.tabs.size())) {
 				TiViewProxy tabProxy = this.tabs.get(currentlySelectedIndex).getProxy();