diff --git a/packages/faststream-stomp/faststream_stomp/broker.py b/packages/faststream-stomp/faststream_stomp/broker.py
index 4158678..6d4563e 100644
--- a/packages/faststream-stomp/faststream_stomp/broker.py
+++ b/packages/faststream-stomp/faststream_stomp/broker.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def __init__(
                 name="stomp", default_context={"channel": ""}, message_id_ln=self.__max_msg_id_ln
             ),
         )
+        self._attempted_to_connect = False
 
     async def start(self) -> None:
         await super().start()
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ async def start(self) -> None:
             await handler.start()
 
     async def _connect(self, client: stompman.Client) -> stompman.Client:  # type: ignore[override]
+        if self._attempted_to_connect:
+            return client
+        self._attempted_to_connect = True
         self._producer = StompProducer(client)
         return await client.__aenter__()
 
diff --git a/packages/faststream-stomp/pyproject.toml b/packages/faststream-stomp/pyproject.toml
index fd74a0e..b13182e 100644
--- a/packages/faststream-stomp/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/faststream-stomp/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [dependency-groups]
-dev = ["faststream[otel,prometheus]~=0.5"]
+dev = ["faststream[otel,prometheus]~=0.5", "asgi-lifespan"]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
diff --git a/packages/faststream-stomp/test_faststream_stomp/test_integration.py b/packages/faststream-stomp/test_faststream_stomp/test_integration.py
index 33c4bc6..9897d26 100644
--- a/packages/faststream-stomp/test_faststream_stomp/test_integration.py
+++ b/packages/faststream-stomp/test_faststream_stomp/test_integration.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 import faststream_stomp
 import pytest
 import stompman
+from asgi_lifespan import LifespanManager
 from faststream import BaseMiddleware, Context, FastStream
+from faststream.asgi import AsgiFastStream
 from faststream.broker.message import gen_cor_id
 from faststream.broker.middlewares.logging import CriticalLogMiddleware
 from faststream.exceptions import AckMessage, NackMessage, RejectMessage
@@ -217,3 +219,9 @@ def some_handler(message_frame: Annotated[stompman.MessageFrame, Context("messag
             mock.call(logging.ERROR, "MyError: ", extra=extra, exc_info=MyError()),
             mock.call(logging.INFO, "Processed", extra=extra),
         ]
+
+
+async def test_broker_connect_twice(broker: faststream_stomp.StompBroker) -> None:
+    app = AsgiFastStream(broker, on_startup=[broker.connect])
+    async with LifespanManager(app):
+        pass