diff --git a/code/game/atoms_movable.dm b/code/game/atoms_movable.dm
index 60b96b68e99..6f7cbd1a041 100644
--- a/code/game/atoms_movable.dm
+++ b/code/game/atoms_movable.dm
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@
 			stop_pulling()
 		else
 			var/pull_dir = get_dir(src, pulling)
-			//puller and pullee more than one tile away or in diagonal position
-			if(get_dist(src, pulling) > 1 || (moving_diagonally != SECOND_DIAG_STEP && ((pull_dir - 1) & pull_dir)))
+			//puller and pullee more than one tile away or in diagonal position and whatever the pullee is pulling isn't already moving from a pull as it'll most likely result in an infinite loop a la ouroborus.
+			if(!pulling.pulling?.moving_from_pull && (get_dist(src, pulling) > 1 || (moving_diagonally != SECOND_DIAG_STEP && ((pull_dir - 1) & pull_dir))))
 				pulling.moving_from_pull = src
 				pulling.Move(T, get_dir(pulling, T), glide_size) //the pullee tries to reach our previous position
 				pulling.moving_from_pull = null