diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/RepositoryController.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/RepositoryController.cs
index e4397fb4a5..ee4e9ff7cf 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/RepositoryController.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/RepositoryController.cs
@@ -644,11 +644,16 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 
 							if (needToApplyRemainingPrs)
 							{
-								var contextUser = new Models.User
+								//an invocation of LoadRevisionInformation could have already loaded this user
+								var contextUser = databaseContext.Users.Local.Where(x => x.Id == AuthenticationContext.User.Id).FirstOrDefault();
+								if (contextUser == default)
 								{
-									Id = AuthenticationContext.User.Id
-								};
-								databaseContext.Users.Attach(contextUser);
+									contextUser = new Models.User
+									{
+										Id = AuthenticationContext.User.Id
+									};
+									databaseContext.Users.Attach(contextUser);
+								}
 
 								foreach (var I in model.NewTestMerges)
 								{