diff --git a/src/network/mcpe/NetworkSession.php b/src/network/mcpe/NetworkSession.php
index 7d329d0674..c0ff2c91f8 100644
--- a/src/network/mcpe/NetworkSession.php
+++ b/src/network/mcpe/NetworkSession.php
@@ -916,11 +916,6 @@ class NetworkSession{
 				if(!$this->isConnected()){
 					return;
 				}
-				$currentWorld = $this->player->getLocation()->getWorld();
-				if($world !== $currentWorld or !$this->player->isUsingChunk($chunkX, $chunkZ)){
-					$this->logger->debug("Tried to send no-longer-active chunk $chunkX $chunkZ in world " . $world->getFolderName());
-					return;
-				}
 				$currentWorld->timings->syncChunkSend->startTiming();
 				try{
 					$this->queueCompressed($promise);
diff --git a/src/player/Player.php b/src/player/Player.php
index d371423fa3..66087c66df 100644
--- a/src/player/Player.php
+++ b/src/player/Player.php
@@ -727,7 +727,11 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 					unset($this->loadQueue[$index]);
 					$this->usedChunks[$index] = UsedChunkStatus::REQUESTED();
 
-					$this->getNetworkSession()->startUsingChunk($X, $Z, function(int $chunkX, int $chunkZ) use ($index) : void{
+					$this->getNetworkSession()->startUsingChunk($X, $Z, function(int $chunkX, int $chunkZ) use ($index, $world) : void{
+						if(!isset($this->usedChunks[$index]) || $world !== $this->getWorld()){
+							$this->logger->debug("Tried to send no-longer-active chunk $chunkX $chunkZ in world " . $world->getFolderName());
+							return;
+						}
 						$this->usedChunks[$index] = UsedChunkStatus::SENT();
 						if($this->spawnChunkLoadCount === -1){
 							$this->spawnEntitiesOnChunk($chunkX, $chunkZ);