diff --git a/lisp/doom-lib.el b/lisp/doom-lib.el
index 168b165e2..2e5724ccd 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-lib.el
@@ -240,11 +240,13 @@ HOOK-VAR is triggered, it is reset to nil.
 HOOK-VAR is a quoted hook.
 TRIGGER-HOOK is a list of quoted hooks and/or sharp-quoted functions."
   (dolist (hook trigger-hooks)
-    (let ((fn (make-symbol (format "chain-%s-to-%s-h" hook-var hook))))
+    (let ((fn (make-symbol (format "chain-%s-to-%s-h" hook-var hook)))
+          running?)
       (fset
        fn (lambda (&rest _)
             ;; Only trigger this after Emacs has initialized.
             (when (and after-init-time
+                       (not running?)
                        (or (daemonp)
                            ;; In some cases, hooks may be lexically unset to
                            ;; inhibit them during expensive batch operations on
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@ TRIGGER-HOOK is a list of quoted hooks and/or sharp-quoted functions."
                            ;; hook wasn't invoked interactively.
                            (and (boundp hook)
                                 (symbol-value hook))))
+              (setq running? t)  ; prevent infinite recursion
               (doom-run-hooks hook-var)
               (set hook-var nil))))
       (cond ((daemonp)