diff --git a/src/reader/internal/block_cache.cpp b/src/reader/internal/block_cache.cpp
index daaaba73..8d7bbf36 100644
--- a/src/reader/internal/block_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/reader/internal/block_cache.cpp
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ class block_cache_ final : public block_cache::impl {
       if (auto next = seq_access_detector_->prefetch()) {
         std::lock_guard lock(mx_);
 
-        if (cache_.findWithoutPromotion(*next) == cache_.end()) {
+        if (cache_.findWithoutPromotion(*next) == cache_.end() &&
+            active_.find(*next) == active_.end()) {
           sequential_prefetches_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
           create_cached_block(*next, std::promise<block_range>{}, 0,
                               std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max());