diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/9608.performance b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/9608.performance
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12bdd0b34bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/9608.performance
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+An internal check for ``trailing-comma-tuple`` being enabled or not is now done once instead of once for each token.
+
+Refs #9608.
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py b/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py
index 24d13c3a964..ad172b4a445 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py
@@ -550,6 +550,9 @@ def open(self) -> None:
         self._suggest_join_with_non_empty_separator = (
             self.linter.config.suggest_join_with_non_empty_separator
         )
+        self.trailing_comma_tuple_enabled = self.linter.is_message_enabled(
+            "trailing-comma-tuple"
+        )
 
     @cached_property
     def _dummy_rgx(self) -> Pattern[str]:
@@ -659,9 +662,9 @@ def process_tokens(self, tokens: list[tokenize.TokenInfo]) -> None:
                 # token[2] is the actual position and also is
                 # reported by IronPython.
                 self._elifs.extend([token[2], tokens[index + 1][2]])
-            elif self.linter.is_message_enabled(
-                "trailing-comma-tuple"
-            ) and _is_trailing_comma(tokens, index):
+            elif self.trailing_comma_tuple_enabled and _is_trailing_comma(
+                tokens, index
+            ):
                 self.add_message("trailing-comma-tuple", line=token.start[0])
 
     @utils.only_required_for_messages("consider-using-with")