diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/providers/sqlite-providers.ts b/packages/workspace/src/providers/sqlite-providers.ts
index 28dd9f94ec..624121d87b 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/providers/sqlite-providers.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/providers/sqlite-providers.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const createSQLiteProvider: DocProviderCreator = (
     passive: true,
     connect: () => {
       datasource = createDatasource(id);
-      provider = createLazyProvider(rootDoc, datasource);
+      provider = createLazyProvider(rootDoc, datasource, { origin: 'sqlite' });
       provider.connect();
       connected = true;
     },
diff --git a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/provider.ts b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/provider.ts
index 8005b34d77..295627572d 100644
--- a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/provider.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const createIndexedDBProvider = (
   return {
     connect: () => {
       datasource = createDatasource({ dbName, mergeCount });
-      provider = createLazyProvider(doc, datasource);
+      provider = createLazyProvider(doc, datasource, { origin: 'idb' });
       provider.connect();
     },
     disconnect: () => {
diff --git a/packages/y-provider/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts b/packages/y-provider/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts
index f8f068b475..30b21a29f7 100644
--- a/packages/y-provider/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/y-provider/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
 
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { applyUpdate, Doc, encodeStateAsUpdate } from 'yjs';
 
 import { createLazyProvider } from '../lazy-provider';
@@ -178,4 +178,19 @@ describe('y-provider', () => {
 
     expect(provider.connected).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  test('should not send remote update back', async () => {
+    const remoteRootDoc = new Doc(); // this is the remote doc lives in remote
+    const datasource = createMemoryDatasource(remoteRootDoc);
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(datasource, 'sendDocUpdate');
+
+    const rootDoc = new Doc({ guid: remoteRootDoc.guid }); // this is the doc that we want to sync
+    const provider = createLazyProvider(rootDoc, datasource);
+
+    provider.connect();
+
+    remoteRootDoc.getText('text').insert(0, 'test-value');
+
+    expect(spy).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/y-provider/src/lazy-provider.ts b/packages/y-provider/src/lazy-provider.ts
index 9413920853..33fb22fbfa 100644
--- a/packages/y-provider/src/lazy-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/y-provider/src/lazy-provider.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import {
 
 import type { DatasourceDocAdapter } from './types';
 
-const selfUpdateOrigin = 'lazy-provider-self-origin';
-
 function getDoc(doc: Doc, guid: string): Doc | undefined {
   if (doc.guid === guid) {
     return doc;
@@ -24,12 +22,17 @@ function getDoc(doc: Doc, guid: string): Doc | undefined {
   return undefined;
 }
 
+interface LazyProviderOptions {
+  origin?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a lazy provider that connects to a datasource and synchronizes a root document.
  */
 export const createLazyProvider = (
   rootDoc: Doc,
-  datasource: DatasourceDocAdapter
+  datasource: DatasourceDocAdapter,
+  options: LazyProviderOptions = {}
 ): Omit<PassiveDocProvider, 'flavour'> => {
   let connected = false;
   const pendingMap = new Map<string, Uint8Array[]>(); // guid -> pending-updates
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@ export const createLazyProvider = (
   const connectedDocs = new Set<string>();
   let datasourceUnsub: (() => void) | undefined;
 
+  const { origin = 'lazy-provider' } = options;
+
   async function syncDoc(doc: Doc) {
     const guid = doc.guid;
 
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ export const createLazyProvider = (
     pendingMap.set(guid, []);
 
     if (remoteUpdate) {
-      applyUpdate(doc, remoteUpdate, selfUpdateOrigin);
+      applyUpdate(doc, remoteUpdate, origin);
     }
 
     const sv = remoteUpdate
@@ -67,8 +72,8 @@ export const createLazyProvider = (
   function setupDocListener(doc: Doc) {
     const disposables = new Set<() => void>();
     disposableMap.set(doc.guid, disposables);
-    const updateHandler = async (update: Uint8Array, origin: unknown) => {
-      if (origin === selfUpdateOrigin) {
+    const updateHandler = async (update: Uint8Array, updateOrigin: unknown) => {
+      if (origin === updateOrigin) {
         return;
       }
       datasource.sendDocUpdate(doc.guid, update).catch(console.error);
@@ -100,10 +105,12 @@ export const createLazyProvider = (
     datasourceUnsub = datasource.onDocUpdate?.((guid, update) => {
       const doc = getDoc(rootDoc, guid);
       if (doc) {
-        applyUpdate(doc, update);
+        applyUpdate(doc, update, origin);
         //
         if (pendingMap.has(guid)) {
-          pendingMap.get(guid)?.forEach(update => applyUpdate(doc, update));
+          pendingMap
+            .get(guid)
+            ?.forEach(update => applyUpdate(doc, update, origin));
           pendingMap.delete(guid);
         }
       } else {