diff --git a/shell/browser/browser.h b/shell/browser/browser.h
index 8b2165abeca66..1302604cd5296 100644
--- a/shell/browser/browser.h
+++ b/shell/browser/browser.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ class Browser : public WindowListObserver {
   base::Value about_panel_options_;
 #elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
   base::DictionaryValue about_panel_options_;
+  base::Time last_dock_show_;
 #endif
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Browser);
diff --git a/shell/browser/browser_mac.mm b/shell/browser/browser_mac.mm
index 16eadde3fd467..4ee36acbf4cd4 100644
--- a/shell/browser/browser_mac.mm
+++ b/shell/browser/browser_mac.mm
@@ -330,6 +330,20 @@ void RemoveFromLoginItems() {
 }
 
 void Browser::DockHide() {
+  // Transforming application state from UIElement to Foreground is an
+  // asyncronous operation, and unfortunately there is currently no way to know
+  // when it is finished.
+  // So if we call DockHide => DockShow => DockHide => DockShow in a very short
+  // time, we would triger a bug of macOS that, there would be multiple dock
+  // icons of the app left in system.
+  // To work around this, we make sure DockHide does nothing if it is called
+  // immediately after DockShow. After some experiments, 1 second seems to be
+  // a proper interval.
+  if (!last_dock_show_.is_null() &&
+      base::Time::Now() - last_dock_show_ < base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   for (auto* const& window : WindowList::GetWindows())
     [window->GetNativeWindow().GetNativeNSWindow() setCanHide:NO];
 
@@ -345,6 +359,7 @@ void RemoveFromLoginItems() {
 }
 
 v8::Local<v8::Promise> Browser::DockShow(v8::Isolate* isolate) {
+  last_dock_show_ = base::Time::Now();
   util::Promise<void*> promise(isolate);
   v8::Local<v8::Promise> handle = promise.GetHandle();
 
diff --git a/spec-main/api-app-spec.ts b/spec-main/api-app-spec.ts
index 406dd14549b4e..b05ec4a7c657d 100644
--- a/spec-main/api-app-spec.ts
+++ b/spec-main/api-app-spec.ts
@@ -1357,6 +1357,16 @@ describe('app module', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('dock.hide', () => {
+      it('should not throw', () => {
+        app.dock.hide()
+        expect(app.dock.isVisible()).to.equal(false)
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Note that dock.show tests should run after dock.hide tests, to work
+    // around a bug of macOS.
+    // See https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/25269 for more.
     describe('dock.show', () => {
       it('should not throw', () => {
         return app.dock.show().then(() => {
@@ -1372,13 +1382,6 @@ describe('app module', () => {
         await expect(app.dock.show()).to.eventually.be.fulfilled.equal(undefined)
       })
     })
-
-    describe('dock.hide', () => {
-      it('should not throw', () => {
-        app.dock.hide()
-        expect(app.dock.isVisible()).to.equal(false)
-      })
-    })
   })
 
   describe('whenReady', () => {