diff --git a/lib/loader/loader.js b/lib/loader/loader.js
index 549a4201..7beef31a 100644
--- a/lib/loader/loader.js
+++ b/lib/loader/loader.js
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ var loader, define, requireModule, require, requirejs;
     this.isAlias = alias;
     this.reified = new Array(deps.length);
     this._foundDeps = false;
+    this.isPending = false;
   }
 
   Module.prototype.makeDefaultExport = function() {
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ var loader, define, requireModule, require, requirejs;
     stats.exports++;
 
     this.finalized = true;
+    this.isPending = false;
 
     if (loader.wrapModules) {
       this.callback = loader.wrapModules(this.name, this.callback);
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ var loader, define, requireModule, require, requirejs;
   Module.prototype.unsee = function() {
     this.finalized = false;
     this._foundDeps = false;
+    this.isPending = false;
     this.module = { exports: {}};
   };
 
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ var loader, define, requireModule, require, requirejs;
 
     stats.findDeps++;
     this._foundDeps = true;
+    this.isPending = true;
 
     var deps = this.deps;
 
@@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ var loader, define, requireModule, require, requirejs;
 
     if (!mod) { missingModule(name, referrer); }
 
-    if (pending && !mod.finalized) {
+    if (pending && !mod.finalized && !mod.isPending) {
       mod.findDeps(pending);
       pending.push(mod);
       stats.pendingQueueLength++;
diff --git a/tests/all.js b/tests/all.js
index e72e06c1..8a82875e 100644
--- a/tests/all.js
+++ b/tests/all.js
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ test('runtime cycles', function() {
     require: 2,
     resolve: 2,
     resolveRelative: 0,
-    pendingQueueLength: 3
+    pendingQueueLength: 2
   });
 
   ok(foo.quz());
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ test('already evaluated modules are not pushed into the queue', function() {
     require: 1,
     resolve: 2,
     resolveRelative: 0,
-    pendingQueueLength: 3
+    pendingQueueLength: 2
   });
 
   var foo = require('foo');
@@ -485,10 +485,38 @@ test('already evaluated modules are not pushed into the queue', function() {
     require: 2,
     resolve: 2,
     resolveRelative: 0,
-    pendingQueueLength: 3
+    pendingQueueLength: 2
   });
 });
 
+test('same pending modules should not be pushed to the queue more than once', function() {
+  define('foo', ['bar', 'exports'], function(bar, __exports__) {
+    __exports__.quz = function() {
+      return bar.baz;
+    };
+  });
+
+  define('bar', ['foo', 'exports'], function(foo, __exports__) {
+    __exports__.baz = function() {
+      return foo.quz;
+    };
+  });
+
+  var bar = require('bar');
+  deepEqual(require._stats, {
+    findDeps: 2,
+    define: 2,
+    exports: 2,
+    findModule: 3,
+    modules: 2,
+    reify: 2,
+    require: 1,
+    resolve: 2,
+    resolveRelative: 0,
+    pendingQueueLength: 2
+  });
+})
+
 test('basic CJS mode', function() {
   define('a/foo', ['require', 'exports', 'module'], function(require, exports, module) {
     module.exports = {