diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-months-rush.md b/.changeset/tidy-months-rush.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..508abee38fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-months-rush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: don't run each array expression more often than necessary
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js
index b17090948ae7..cdfa96742f14 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js
@@ -136,15 +136,17 @@ export function each(node, flags, get_collection, get_key, render_fn, fallback_f
 
 	var was_empty = false;
 
-	// TODO: ideally we could use derived for runes mode but because of the ability
-	// to use a store which can be mutated, we can't do that here as mutating a store
-	// will still result in the collection array being the same from the store
+	// We wrap this in a derived to ensure possible effects created as a result are associated with the derived,
+	// rather than the each effect. Because people can mutate arrays and trigger reactivity through other means still,
+	// we need to use derived_safe_equal.
 	var each_array = derived_safe_equal(() => {
 		var collection = get_collection();
 
 		return is_array(collection) ? collection : collection == null ? [] : array_from(collection);
 	});
 
+	var first_run = true;
+
 	block(() => {
 		var array = get(each_array);
 		var length = array.length;
@@ -257,7 +259,10 @@ export function each(node, flags, get_collection, get_key, render_fn, fallback_f
 		// that a mutation occurred and it's made the collection MAYBE_DIRTY, so reading the
 		// collection again can provide consistency to the reactive graph again as the deriveds
 		// will now be `CLEAN`.
-		get(each_array);
+		if (first_run) {
+			first_run = false;
+			get(each_array);
+		}
 	});
 
 	if (hydrating) {