diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts
index 96fa760072eb77334c2b8f67a1568e4c408de229..1fc97f379b9a9e90dd9a6f2dd43d852ec27a314c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Registry.as<IEditorInputFactoryRegistry>(EditorInputExtensions.EditorInputFactor
 			if (!data || !URI.isUri(resource) || typeof name !== 'string' || typeof viewType !== 'string') {
 				return undefined;
 			}
-			return instantiationService.createInstance(NotebookEditorInput, resource, name, viewType);
+			return NotebookEditorInput.getOrCreate(instantiationService, resource, name, viewType);
 		}
 	}
 );
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export class NotebookContribution implements IWorkbenchContribution {
 				const info = id === undefined ? infos[0] : (infos.find(info => info.id === id) || infos[0]);
 				// cell-uri -> open (container) notebook
 				const name = basename(data.notebook);
-				const input = this.instantiationService.createInstance(NotebookEditorInput, data.notebook, name, info.id);
+				const input = NotebookEditorInput.getOrCreate(this.instantiationService, data.notebook, name, info.id);
 				this._resourceMapping.set(resource, input);
 				return { override: this.editorService.openEditor(input, new NotebookEditorOptions({ ...options, forceReload: true, cellOptions: { resource, options } }), group) };
 			}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export class NotebookContribution implements IWorkbenchContribution {
 			return undefined;
 		}
 
-		const input = this.instantiationService.createInstance(NotebookEditorInput, resource, originalInput.getName(), info.id);
+		const input = NotebookEditorInput.getOrCreate(this.instantiationService, resource, originalInput.getName(), info.id);
 		this._resourceMapping.set(resource, input);
 
 		return { override: this.editorService.openEditor(input, options, group) };
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorInput.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorInput.ts
index 001a1bc33fa69b287da30bf8303f3cef39ebddef..abc3dfd2f7755db3effde58b7c506c2e09c308f1 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorInput.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorInput.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { NotebookTextModel } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/model/no
 import { NotebookCellTextModel } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/model/notebookCellTextModel';
 import { isEqual } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
 import { IWorkingCopyService, IWorkingCopy, WorkingCopyCapabilities, IWorkingCopyBackup } from 'vs/workbench/services/workingCopy/common/workingCopyService';
+import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 
 export class NotebookEditorModel extends EditorModel {
 	private _dirty = false;
@@ -91,6 +92,25 @@ export class NotebookEditorModel extends EditorModel {
 }
 
 export class NotebookEditorInput extends EditorInput {
+
+	private static readonly _instances = new Map<string, NotebookEditorInput>();
+
+	static getOrCreate(instantiationService: IInstantiationService, resource: URI, name: string, viewType: string | undefined) {
+		const key = name + viewType;
+		let input = NotebookEditorInput._instances.get(key);
+		if (!input) {
+			input = instantiationService.createInstance(class extends NotebookEditorInput {
+				dispose() {
+					NotebookEditorInput._instances.delete(key);
+					super.dispose();
+				}
+			}, resource, name, viewType);
+
+			NotebookEditorInput._instances.set(key, input);
+		}
+		return input;
+	}
+
 	static readonly ID: string = 'workbench.input.notebook';
 	private promise: Promise<NotebookEditorModel> | null = null;
 	private textModel: NotebookEditorModel | null = null;