diff --git a/src/nvim/ops.c b/src/nvim/ops.c
index 2db77606c0..92d761c072 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ops.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ops.c
@@ -710,7 +710,11 @@ static void block_insert(oparg_T *oap, const char *s, size_t slen, bool b_insert
 
   State = oldstate;
 
-  changed_lines(curbuf, oap->start.lnum + 1, 0, oap->end.lnum + 1, 0, true);
+  // Only call changed_lines if we actually modified additional lines beyond the first
+  // This matches the condition for the for loop above: start + 1 <= end
+  if (oap->start.lnum < oap->end.lnum) {
+    changed_lines(curbuf, oap->start.lnum + 1, 0, oap->end.lnum + 1, 0, true);
+  }
 }
 
 // Keep the last expression line here, for repeating.
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua
index 1d568e7d05..836166be05 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua
@@ -449,6 +449,19 @@ describe('lua buffer event callbacks: on_lines', function()
     eq({ 'bytes', 2, 5, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 40, 0, 10, 10 }, api.nvim_get_var('qf_on_bytes'))
     eq({ 'lines', 2, 6, 0, 5, 1, 42 }, api.nvim_get_var('qf_on_lines'))
   end)
+
+  it('single-line visual block insert should not trigger extra on_lines #22009', function()
+    exec_lua(function()
+      _G.res = {}
+      vim.api.nvim_buf_attach(0, false, {
+        on_lines = function(_, bufnr, _, first, last, last_updated, _, _, _)
+          _G.res = { bufnr, first, last, last_updated }
+        end,
+      })
+    end)
+    feed('<C-v>I <ESC>')
+    eq({ api.nvim_get_current_buf(), 0, 1, 1 }, exec_lua('return _G.res'))
+  end)
 end)
 
 describe('lua: nvim_buf_attach on_bytes', function()