diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index dbef89a248..04e0b0e3f3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ Imviz
 
 - Add "Random" colormap for visualizing image segmentation maps. [#2671]
 
+- Enabling any matched zoom tool in a viewer disables other matched zoom tools in other viewers
+  to avoid recursion. [#2764]
+
 Mosviz
 ^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/tools.py b/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/tools.py
index 44121d477a..5f4ada2cf4 100644
--- a/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/tools.py
+++ b/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/tools.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 class _ImvizMatchedZoomMixin(_MatchedZoomMixin):
     match_keys = ('x_min', 'x_max', 'y_min', 'y_max')
-    disable_matched_zoom_in_other_viewer = False
+    disable_matched_zoom_in_other_viewer = True
 
     def _is_matched_viewer(self, viewer):
         return isinstance(viewer, BqplotImageView)
diff --git a/jdaviz/core/tools.py b/jdaviz/core/tools.py
index 173fb8f1f3..10c05dd566 100644
--- a/jdaviz/core/tools.py
+++ b/jdaviz/core/tools.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def save_prev_zoom(self):
 
 class _MatchedZoomMixin:
     match_axes = ('x', 'y')
-    disable_matched_zoom_in_other_viewer = False
+    disable_matched_zoom_in_other_viewer = True
 
     def _is_matched_viewer(self, viewer):
         return True