diff --git a/src/player/Player.php b/src/player/Player.php
index bffee7087..2350c3863 100644
--- a/src/player/Player.php
+++ b/src/player/Player.php
@@ -733,6 +733,13 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 					if(!$this->isConnected() || !isset($this->usedChunks[$index]) || $world !== $this->getWorld()){
 						return;
 					}
+					if(!$this->usedChunks[$index]->equals(UsedChunkStatus::NEEDED())){
+						//TODO: make this an error
+						//we may have added multiple completion handlers, since the Player keeps re-requesting chunks
+						//it doesn't have yet (a relic from the old system, but also currently relied on for chunk resends).
+						//in this event, make sure we don't try to send the chunk multiple times.
+						return;
+					}
 					unset($this->loadQueue[$index]);
 					$this->usedChunks[$index] = UsedChunkStatus::REQUESTED();
 
@@ -741,6 +748,13 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 							$this->logger->debug("Tried to send no-longer-active chunk $X $Z in world " . $world->getFolderName());
 							return;
 						}
+						if(!$this->usedChunks[$index]->equals(UsedChunkStatus::REQUESTED())){
+							//TODO: make this an error
+							//this could be triggered due to the shitty way that chunk resends are handled
+							//right now - not because of the spammy re-requesting, but because the chunk status reverts
+							//to NEEDED if they want to be resent.
+							return;
+						}
 						$this->usedChunks[$index] = UsedChunkStatus::SENT();
 						if($this->spawnChunkLoadCount === -1){
 							$this->spawnEntitiesOnChunk($X, $Z);