diff --git a/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js b/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
index cc2c04556..eec5d6d15 100644
--- a/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
@@ -17,21 +17,23 @@ import { createLocalTracksF } from './functions';
 
 /**
  * Requests the creating of the desired media type tracks. Desire is expressed
- * by base/media. This function will dispatch a {@code createLocalTracksA}
- * action for the "missing" types, that is, the ones which base/media would
- * like to have (unmuted tracks) but are not present yet.
+ * by base/media unless the function caller specifies desired media types
+ * explicitly and thus override base/media. Dispatches a
+ * {@code createLocalTracksA} action for the desired media types for which there
+ * are no existing tracks yet.
  *
  * @returns {Function}
  */
-export function createDesiredLocalTracks() {
+export function createDesiredLocalTracks(...desiredTypes) {
     return (dispatch, getState) => {
         const state = getState();
-        const desiredTypes = [];
 
-        state['features/base/media'].audio.muted
-            || desiredTypes.push(MEDIA_TYPE.AUDIO);
-        Boolean(state['features/base/media'].video.muted)
-            || desiredTypes.push(MEDIA_TYPE.VIDEO);
+        if (desiredTypes.length === 0) {
+            const { audio, video } = state['features/base/media'];
+
+            audio.muted || desiredTypes.push(MEDIA_TYPE.AUDIO);
+            Boolean(video.muted) || desiredTypes.push(MEDIA_TYPE.VIDEO);
+        }
 
         const availableTypes
             = state['features/base/tracks']
diff --git a/react/features/welcome/components/WelcomePage.native.js b/react/features/welcome/components/WelcomePage.native.js
index 1d37a7f99..3eb518d8f 100644
--- a/react/features/welcome/components/WelcomePage.native.js
+++ b/react/features/welcome/components/WelcomePage.native.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { translate } from '../../base/i18n';
 import { MEDIA_TYPE } from '../../base/media';
 import { Link, Text } from '../../base/react';
 import { ColorPalette } from '../../base/styles';
-import { createLocalTracksA } from '../../base/tracks';
+import { createDesiredLocalTracks } from '../../base/tracks';
 
 import { AbstractWelcomePage, _mapStateToProps } from './AbstractWelcomePage';
 import styles from './styles';
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ class WelcomePage extends AbstractWelcomePage {
      * @returns {void}
      */
     componentWillMount() {
-        const { dispatch, _localVideoTrack } = this.props;
-
-        (typeof _localVideoTrack === 'undefined')
-            && dispatch(createLocalTracksA({ devices: [ MEDIA_TYPE.VIDEO ] }));
+        this.props.dispatch(createDesiredLocalTracks(MEDIA_TYPE.VIDEO));
     }
 
     /**