diff --git a/browser.js b/browser.js
index f786739ae..a27cd231b 100644
--- a/browser.js
+++ b/browser.js
@@ -302,8 +302,10 @@ function createWrap (self, opts, rootLogger, level) {
       const proto = (Object.getPrototypeOf && Object.getPrototypeOf(this) === _console) ? _console : this
       for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) args[i] = arguments[i]
 
-      if (opts.serialize && !opts.transmit) {
+      var argsIsSerialized = false
+      if (opts.serialize) {
         applySerializers(args, this._serialize, this.serializers, this._stdErrSerialize)
+        argsIsSerialized = true
       }
       if (opts.asObject || opts.formatters) {
         write.call(proto, asObject(this, level, args, ts, opts.formatters))
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ function createWrap (self, opts, rootLogger, level) {
           transmitValue: rootLogger.levels.values[opts.transmit.level || self._level],
           send: opts.transmit.send,
           val: levelToValue(self._level, rootLogger)
-        }, args)
+        }, args, argsIsSerialized)
       }
     }
   })(self[baseLogFunctionSymbol][level])
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ function applySerializers (args, serialize, serializers, stdErrSerialize) {
   }
 }
 
-function transmit (logger, opts, args) {
+function transmit (logger, opts, args, argsIsSerialized = false) {
   const send = opts.send
   const ts = opts.ts
   const methodLevel = opts.methodLevel
@@ -384,12 +386,14 @@ function transmit (logger, opts, args) {
   const val = opts.val
   const bindings = logger._logEvent.bindings
 
-  applySerializers(
-    args,
-    logger._serialize || Object.keys(logger.serializers),
-    logger.serializers,
-    logger._stdErrSerialize === undefined ? true : logger._stdErrSerialize
-  )
+  if (!argsIsSerialized) {
+    applySerializers(
+      args,
+      logger._serialize || Object.keys(logger.serializers),
+      logger.serializers,
+      logger._stdErrSerialize === undefined ? true : logger._stdErrSerialize
+    )
+  }
 
   logger._logEvent.ts = ts
   logger._logEvent.messages = args.filter(function (arg) {
diff --git a/test/browser.test.js b/test/browser.test.js
index ab0b0450c..f2bb9b318 100644
--- a/test/browser.test.js
+++ b/test/browser.test.js
@@ -255,6 +255,28 @@ test('opts.browser.serialize and opts.asObject only serializes log data once', (
   end()
 })
 
+test('opts.browser.serialize, opts.asObject and opts.browser.transmit only serializes log data once', ({ end, ok, is }) => {
+  const instance = require('../browser')({
+    serializers: {
+      extras (data) {
+        return { serializedExtras: data }
+      }
+    },
+    browser: {
+      serialize: ['extras'],
+      asObject: true,
+      transmit: {
+        send (level, o) {
+          is(o.messages[0].extras.serializedExtras, 'world')
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  instance.info({ extras: 'world' }, 'test')
+  end()
+})
+
 test('opts.browser.write func log single string', ({ end, ok, is }) => {
   const instance = pino({
     browser: {