diff --git a/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdContexts.cpp b/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdContexts.cpp
index 46c7bb34fc4365..7dc5956845414f 100644
--- a/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdContexts.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdContexts.cpp
@@ -492,10 +492,7 @@ ResolveContext::ResolveContext(DiscoverNodeDelegate * delegate, chip::Inet::IPAd
 
 ResolveContext::~ResolveContext()
 {
-    if (isSRPTimerRunning)
-    {
-        CancelSRPTimer();
-    }
+    CancelSRPTimerIfRunning();
 }
 
 void ResolveContext::DispatchFailure(const char * errorStr, CHIP_ERROR err)
@@ -647,10 +644,14 @@ void ResolveContext::SRPTimerExpiredCallback(chip::System::Layer * systemLayer,
     sdCtx->Finalize();
 }
 
-void ResolveContext::CancelSRPTimer()
+void ResolveContext::CancelSRPTimerIfRunning()
 {
-    DeviceLayer::SystemLayer().CancelTimer(SRPTimerExpiredCallback, static_cast<void *>(this));
-    ChipLogProgress(Discovery, "SRP resolve timer for %s cancelled; resolve timed out", instanceName.c_str());
+    if (isSRPTimerRunning)
+    {
+        DeviceLayer::SystemLayer().CancelTimer(SRPTimerExpiredCallback, static_cast<void *>(this));
+        ChipLogProgress(Discovery, "SRP resolve timer for %s cancelled; resolve timed out", instanceName.c_str());
+        isSRPTimerRunning = false;
+    }
 }
 
 CHIP_ERROR ResolveContext::OnNewAddress(const InterfaceKey & interfaceKey, const struct sockaddr * address)
diff --git a/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.cpp b/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.cpp
index 1de1fac5dbd1c5..4156c7a4bf0924 100644
--- a/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.cpp
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ static void OnGetAddrInfo(DNSServiceRef sdRef, DNSServiceFlags flags, uint32_t i
         // If we now don't need to have a timer while we wait for SRP results, ensure that there is no such
         // timer running.  Otherwise the timer could fire before we get the rest of the results that flags
         // say are coming, and trigger a finalize before we have all the data that is already available.
-        if (sdCtx->isSRPTimerRunning && !sdCtx->shouldStartSRPTimerForResolve)
+        if (!sdCtx->shouldStartSRPTimerForResolve)
         {
-            sdCtx->CancelSRPTimer();
+            sdCtx->CancelSRPTimerIfRunning();
         }
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.h b/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.h
index 50042ac378fd94..42ae55fdd9d4c0 100644
--- a/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.h
+++ b/src/platform/Darwin/DnssdImpl.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ struct ResolveContext : public GenericContext
      * @brief Cancels the timer that was started to wait for the resolution on the kSRPDot domain to happen.
      *
      */
-    void CancelSRPTimer();
+    void CancelSRPTimerIfRunning();
 
 private:
     /**