diff --git a/src/google/adk/agents/invocation_context.py b/src/google/adk/agents/invocation_context.py
index e972a65eda..24fdce9d59 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/agents/invocation_context.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/agents/invocation_context.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from ..plugins.plugin_manager import PluginManager
 from ..sessions.base_session_service import BaseSessionService
 from ..sessions.session import Session
+from ..tools.base_tool import BaseTool
 from .active_streaming_tool import ActiveStreamingTool
 from .base_agent import BaseAgent
 from .base_agent import BaseAgentState
@@ -202,6 +203,9 @@ class InvocationContext(BaseModel):
   plugin_manager: PluginManager = Field(default_factory=PluginManager)
   """The manager for keeping track of plugins in this invocation."""
 
+  canonical_tools_cache: Optional[list[BaseTool]] = None
+  """The cache of canonical tools for this invocation."""
+
   _invocation_cost_manager: _InvocationCostManager = PrivateAttr(
       default_factory=_InvocationCostManager
   )
diff --git a/src/google/adk/flows/llm_flows/base_llm_flow.py b/src/google/adk/flows/llm_flows/base_llm_flow.py
index fbbf2c00b8..d03284b1fc 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/flows/llm_flows/base_llm_flow.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/flows/llm_flows/base_llm_flow.py
@@ -855,7 +855,10 @@ async def _maybe_add_grounding_metadata(
         response: Optional[LlmResponse] = None,
     ) -> Optional[LlmResponse]:
       readonly_context = ReadonlyContext(invocation_context)
-      tools = await agent.canonical_tools(readonly_context)
+      if (tools := invocation_context.canonical_tools_cache) is None:
+        tools = await agent.canonical_tools(readonly_context)
+        invocation_context.canonical_tools_cache = tools
+
       if not any(tool.name == 'google_search_agent' for tool in tools):
         return response
       ground_metadata = invocation_context.session.state.get(
diff --git a/tests/unittests/flows/llm_flows/test_base_llm_flow.py b/tests/unittests/flows/llm_flows/test_base_llm_flow.py
index 81ef925a39..d3cc210e2b 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/flows/llm_flows/test_base_llm_flow.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/flows/llm_flows/test_base_llm_flow.py
@@ -413,3 +413,76 @@ def __init__(self):
 
   assert result == plugin_response
   plugin.after_model_callback.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_handle_after_model_callback_caches_canonical_tools():
+  """Test that canonical_tools is only called once per invocation_context."""
+  canonical_tools_call_count = 0
+
+  async def mock_canonical_tools(self, readonly_context=None):
+    nonlocal canonical_tools_call_count
+    canonical_tools_call_count += 1
+    from google.adk.tools.base_tool import BaseTool
+
+    class MockGoogleSearchTool(BaseTool):
+
+      def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(name='google_search_agent', description='Mock search')
+
+      async def call(self, **kwargs):
+        return 'mock result'
+
+    return [MockGoogleSearchTool()]
+
+  agent = Agent(name='test_agent', tools=[google_search, dummy_tool])
+
+  with mock.patch.object(
+      type(agent), 'canonical_tools', new=mock_canonical_tools
+  ):
+    invocation_context = await testing_utils.create_invocation_context(
+        agent=agent
+    )
+
+    assert invocation_context.canonical_tools_cache is None
+
+    invocation_context.session.state['temp:_adk_grounding_metadata'] = {
+        'foo': 'bar'
+    }
+
+    llm_response = LlmResponse(
+        content=types.Content(parts=[types.Part.from_text(text='response')])
+    )
+    event = Event(
+        id=Event.new_id(),
+        invocation_id=invocation_context.invocation_id,
+        author=agent.name,
+    )
+    flow = BaseLlmFlowForTesting()
+
+    # Call _handle_after_model_callback multiple times with the same context
+    result1 = await flow._handle_after_model_callback(
+        invocation_context, llm_response, event
+    )
+    result2 = await flow._handle_after_model_callback(
+        invocation_context, llm_response, event
+    )
+    result3 = await flow._handle_after_model_callback(
+        invocation_context, llm_response, event
+    )
+
+    assert canonical_tools_call_count == 1, (
+        'canonical_tools should be called once, but was called '
+        f'{canonical_tools_call_count} times'
+    )
+
+    assert invocation_context.canonical_tools_cache is not None
+    assert len(invocation_context.canonical_tools_cache) == 1
+    assert (
+        invocation_context.canonical_tools_cache[0].name
+        == 'google_search_agent'
+    )
+
+    assert result1.grounding_metadata == {'foo': 'bar'}
+    assert result2.grounding_metadata == {'foo': 'bar'}
+    assert result3.grounding_metadata == {'foo': 'bar'}