diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/PluginClassLoader.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/PluginClassLoader.java
index 1ae00aa0c0..e561eec1b1 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/PluginClassLoader.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/PluginClassLoader.java
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ final class PluginClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
                 if (result != null) {
                     JavaPlugin provider = ((PluginClassLoader) result.getClassLoader()).plugin;
 
-                    if (!description.getDepend().contains(provider.getName())
+                    if (provider != plugin
+                            && !description.getDepend().contains(provider.getName())
                             && !description.getSoftDepend().contains(provider.getName())
                             && !provider.getDescription().getLoadBefore().contains(description.getName())) {