diff --git a/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js b/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
index dce735b16..98dbb363c 100644
--- a/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
     TRACK_UPDATED,
     TRACK_WILL_CREATE
 } from './actionTypes';
-import { createLocalTracksF } from './functions';
+import { createLocalTracksF, getLocalTrack, getLocalTracks } from './functions';
 
 const logger = require('jitsi-meet-logger').getLogger(__filename);
 
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ export function createDesiredLocalTracks(...desiredTypes) {
         }
 
         const availableTypes
-            = state['features/base/tracks']
-                .filter(t => t.local)
+            = getLocalTracks(
+                    state['features/base/tracks'],
+                    /* includePending */ true)
                 .map(t => t.mediaType);
 
         // We need to create the desired tracks which are not already available.
@@ -85,8 +86,10 @@ export function createLocalTracksA(options = {}) {
         // to implement them) and the right thing to do is to ask for each
         // device separately.
         for (const device of devices) {
-            if (getState()['features/base/tracks']
-                    .find(t => t.local && t.mediaType === device)) {
+            if (getLocalTrack(
+                    getState()['features/base/tracks'],
+                    device,
+                    /* includePending */ true)) {
                 throw new Error(`Local track for ${device} already exists`);
             }
 
diff --git a/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js b/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js
index 8d81633f7..df18f3d1d 100644
--- a/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js
@@ -106,21 +106,32 @@ export function getLocalAudioTrack(tracks) {
  *
  * @param {Track[]} tracks - List of all tracks.
  * @param {MEDIA_TYPE} mediaType - Media type.
+ * @param {boolean} [includePending] - Indicates whether a local track is to be
+ * returned if it is still pending. A local track is pending if
+ * {@code getUserMedia} is still executing to create it and, consequently, its
+ * {@code jitsiTrack} property is {@code undefined}. By default a pending local
+ * track is not returned.
  * @returns {(Track|undefined)}
  */
-export function getLocalTrack(tracks, mediaType) {
-    return getLocalTracks(tracks).find(t => t.mediaType === mediaType);
+export function getLocalTrack(tracks, mediaType, includePending = false) {
+    return (
+        getLocalTracks(tracks, includePending)
+            .find(t => t.mediaType === mediaType));
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns an array containing the local tracks with a (valid)
+ * Returns an array containing the local tracks with or without a (valid)
  * {@code JitsiTrack}.
  *
  * @param {Track[]} tracks - An array containing all local tracks.
+ * @param {boolean} [includePending] - Indicates whether a local track is to be
+ * returned if it is still pending. A local track is pending if
+ * {@code getUserMedia} is still executing to create it and, consequently, its
+ * {@code jitsiTrack} property is {@code undefined}. By default a pending local
+ * track is not returned.
  * @returns {Track[]}
  */
-export function getLocalTracks(tracks) {
-
+export function getLocalTracks(tracks, includePending = false) {
     // XXX A local track is considered ready only once it has its `jitsiTrack`
     // property set by the `TRACK_ADDED` action. Until then there is a stub
     // added just before the `getUserMedia` call with a cancellable
@@ -128,7 +139,7 @@ export function getLocalTracks(tracks) {
     // has not yet been added to the redux store. Once GUM is cancelled, it will
     // never make it to the store nor there will be any
     // `TRACK_ADDED`/`TRACK_REMOVED` actions dispatched for it.
-    return tracks.filter(t => t.local && t.jitsiTrack);
+    return tracks.filter(t => t.local && (t.jitsiTrack || includePending));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/react/features/base/tracks/middleware.js b/react/features/base/tracks/middleware.js
index 1da33a3e7..d5d503157 100644
--- a/react/features/base/tracks/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/tracks/middleware.js
@@ -147,12 +147,24 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
  * with the specified {@code mediaType} is to be retrieved.
  * @param {MEDIA_TYPE} mediaType - The {@code MEDIA_TYPE} of the local track to
  * be retrieved from the specified {@code store}.
+ * @param {boolean} [includePending] - Indicates whether a local track is to be
+ * returned if it is still pending. A local track is pending if
+ * {@code getUserMedia} is still executing to create it and, consequently, its
+ * {@code jitsiTrack} property is {@code undefined}. By default a pending local
+ * track is not returned.
  * @private
  * @returns {Track} The local {@code Track} associated with the specified
  * {@code mediaType} in the specified {@code store}.
  */
-function _getLocalTrack({ getState }, mediaType: MEDIA_TYPE) {
-    return getLocalTrack(getState()['features/base/tracks'], mediaType);
+function _getLocalTrack(
+        { getState }: { getState: Function },
+        mediaType: MEDIA_TYPE,
+        includePending: boolean = false) {
+    return (
+        getLocalTrack(
+            getState()['features/base/tracks'],
+            mediaType,
+            includePending));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -167,10 +179,17 @@ function _getLocalTrack({ getState }, mediaType: MEDIA_TYPE) {
  * @returns {void}
  */
 function _setMuted(store, { ensureTrack, muted }, mediaType: MEDIA_TYPE) {
-    const localTrack = _getLocalTrack(store, mediaType);
+    const localTrack
+        = _getLocalTrack(store, mediaType, /* includePending */ true);
 
     if (localTrack) {
-        setTrackMuted(localTrack.jitsiTrack, muted);
+        // The `jitsiTrack` property will have a value only for a localTrack for
+        // which `getUserMedia` has already completed. If there's no
+        // `jitsiTrack`, then the `muted` state will be applied once the
+        // `jitsiTrack` is created.
+        const { jitsiTrack } = localTrack;
+
+        jitsiTrack && setTrackMuted(jitsiTrack, muted);
     } else if (!muted && ensureTrack && typeof APP === 'undefined') {
         // FIXME: This only runs on mobile now because web has its own way of
         // creating local tracks. Adjust the check once they are unified.