diff --git a/superset/models/sql_lab.py b/superset/models/sql_lab.py
index c101b772c0258..07c6aa71d8e1f 100644
--- a/superset/models/sql_lab.py
+++ b/superset/models/sql_lab.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 """A collection of ORM sqlalchemy models for SQL Lab"""
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
+from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 import simplejson as json
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ def url(self) -> str:
         return "/superset/sqllab?savedQueryId={0}".format(self.id)
 
     @property
+    @lru_cache(maxsize=2)
     def sql_tables(self) -> List[Table]:
         return list(ParsedQuery(self.sql).tables)