diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65b999032b..d6d38c347d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - Fix an issue with unhandled JavaScript crashes being reported as native Android crashes ([#980](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/pull/980)).
 - Fix an issue with the Android sourcemaps upload script, causing the build to fail on older versions of Gradle ([#970](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/pull/970)), closes [#969](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/issues/969).
 - Fix an issue with the Android sourcemaps upload script, causing the build to fail when using product flavors ([#975](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/pull/975)), closes [#974](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/issues/974).
+- Fix an issue with the network interceptor reverting the user's changes to `XMLHttpRequest` after disabling network logging ([#984](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/pull/984)), closes [#981](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/issues/981).
 
 ## [11.10.0](https://github.com/Instabug/Instabug-React-Native/compare/v11.9.1...11.10.0) (April 20, 2023)
 
diff --git a/src/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.ts b/src/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.ts
index 86e19e9b16..ad79f2d4fa 100644
--- a/src/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.ts
+++ b/src/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ export interface NetworkData {
 }
 
 const XMLHttpRequest = global.XMLHttpRequest;
-const originalXHROpen = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open;
-const originalXHRSend = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send;
-const originalXHRSetRequestHeader = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.setRequestHeader;
+let originalXHROpen = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open;
+let originalXHRSend = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send;
+let originalXHRSetRequestHeader = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.setRequestHeader;
 
 let onProgressCallback: ProgressCallback | null;
 let onDoneCallback: NetworkDataCallback | null;
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ export default {
     onProgressCallback = callback;
   },
   enableInterception() {
+    // Prevents infinite calls to XMLHttpRequest.open when enabling interception multiple times
+    if (isInterceptorEnabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    originalXHROpen = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open;
+    originalXHRSend = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send;
+    originalXHRSetRequestHeader = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.setRequestHeader;
+
     XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function (method, url, ...args) {
       _reset();
       network.url = url;
diff --git a/test/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.spec.ts b/test/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.spec.ts
index 5258d533bb..b014bc9d9c 100644
--- a/test/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.spec.ts
+++ b/test/utils/XhrNetworkInterceptor.spec.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,29 @@ describe('Network Interceptor', () => {
     FakeRequest.send();
   });
 
+  it('should keep patched XMLHttpRequest methods', () => {
+    Interceptor.disableInterception();
+
+    // Patch XMLHttpRequest.open
+    const originalXHROpen = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open;
+    const patchedCode = jest.fn();
+    XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function (...args: Parameters<XMLHttpRequest['open']>) {
+      patchedCode();
+      originalXHROpen.apply(this, args);
+    };
+
+    // Enable and disable network interception to see if disabling network interception
+    // keeps the patched XMLHttpRequest methods
+    Interceptor.enableInterception();
+    Interceptor.disableInterception();
+
+    FakeRequest.open(method, url);
+
+    expect(patchedCode).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = originalXHROpen;
+  });
+
   it('should set network object on calling setRequestHeader', (done) => {
     const requestHeaders = { 'content-type': 'application/json', token: '9u4hiudhi3bf' };