diff --git a/src/view-registry.coffee b/src/view-registry.coffee
index 050444ff0..e4b413f00 100644
--- a/src/view-registry.coffee
+++ b/src/view-registry.coffee
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class ViewRegistry
     @documentWriters = []
     @documentPollers = []
     @documentUpdateRequested = false
+    @stopPollingDocument()
 
   requestDocumentUpdate: ->
     unless @documentUpdateRequested