diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c952a9f2635..217e063d94f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Fixed `EuiKeyPadMenu` and `EuiKeyPadMenuItem` aria roles ([#3502](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3502))
 - Fixed `EuiFieldSearch` input clear button doesn't show when external input is passed([#3497](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3497))
 - Fixed `EuiBasicTable` footers to always use a unique `key` ([#3559](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3559))
+- Fixed `EuiInMemoryTable` by changing the `getDerivedStateFromProps` to not block the updates as soon as it hits a true if condition ([#3579](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3579))
 
 **Breaking changes**
 
diff --git a/src/components/basic_table/in_memory_table.tsx b/src/components/basic_table/in_memory_table.tsx
index dfb90e51b6d..058ebd2162d 100644
--- a/src/components/basic_table/in_memory_table.tsx
+++ b/src/components/basic_table/in_memory_table.tsx
@@ -246,11 +246,15 @@ export class EuiInMemoryTable<T> extends Component<
     nextProps: EuiInMemoryTableProps<T>,
     prevState: State<T>
   ) {
+    let updatedPrevState = prevState;
+    let componentShouldUpdate = false;
     if (nextProps.items !== prevState.prevProps.items) {
       // We have new items because an external search has completed, so reset pagination state.
-      return {
+      componentShouldUpdate = true;
+      updatedPrevState = {
+        ...updatedPrevState,
         prevProps: {
-          ...prevState.prevProps,
+          ...updatedPrevState.prevProps,
           items: nextProps.items,
         },
         pageIndex: 0,
@@ -264,7 +268,9 @@ export class EuiInMemoryTable<T> extends Component<
       sortName !== prevState.prevProps.sortName ||
       sortDirection !== prevState.prevProps.sortDirection
     ) {
-      return {
+      componentShouldUpdate = true;
+      updatedPrevState = {
+        ...updatedPrevState,
         sortName,
         sortDirection,
       };
@@ -278,15 +284,19 @@ export class EuiInMemoryTable<T> extends Component<
       : '';
 
     if (nextQuery !== prevQuery) {
-      return {
+      componentShouldUpdate = true;
+      updatedPrevState = {
+        ...updatedPrevState,
         prevProps: {
-          ...prevState.prevProps,
+          ...updatedPrevState.prevProps,
           search: nextProps.search,
         },
         query: getQueryFromSearch(nextProps.search, false),
       };
     }
-
+    if (componentShouldUpdate) {
+      return updatedPrevState;
+    }
     return null;
   }