diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df837253..13fb1dd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # changelog
 
+ * 2.4.2 _tbd_
+   * [remove duplicate nextLoad call](https://github.com/iambumblehead/esmock/pull/239)
  * 2.4.1 _Sep.07.2023_
    * [detect null AND undefined](https://github.com/iambumblehead/esmock/pull/238) loader-resolved source defintions
    * restore commented-out test affected by un-caught `undefined` source definitions
diff --git a/src/esmockLoader.js b/src/esmockLoader.js
index 96af927b..b5f0024e 100644
--- a/src/esmockLoader.js
+++ b/src/esmockLoader.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ const load = async (url, context, nextLoad) => {
     if (importedNames && importedNames.length) {
       const nextLoadRes = await nextLoad(url, context)
       if (!iscommonjsmoduleRe.test(nextLoadRes.format))
-        return nextLoad(url, context)
+        return nextLoadRes
 
       // nextLoadRes.source sometimes 'undefined' and other times 'null' :(
       const sourceIsNullLike = (