diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hunterdouglas_powerview/cover.py b/homeassistant/components/hunterdouglas_powerview/cover.py
index 797dded4f76..fe26a100569 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hunterdouglas_powerview/cover.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hunterdouglas_powerview/cover.py
@@ -464,6 +464,15 @@ class PowerViewShadeTDBUTop(PowerViewShadeTDBU):
             ATTR_POSKIND2: POS_KIND_SECONDARY,
         }
 
+    @property
+    def should_poll(self) -> bool:
+        """Certain shades create multiple entities.
+
+        Do not poll shade multiple times. One shade will return data
+        for both and multiple polling will cause timeouts.
+        """
+        return False
+
     @property
     def is_closed(self):
         """Return if the cover is closed."""