diff --git a/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplex.java b/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplex.java
index e983da85b..0b8255c20 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplex.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplex.java
@@ -1896,14 +1896,24 @@ public class IrisComplex implements DataProvider {
         }
 
         int grid = biomeBoundsSamplingStep;
-        if (!ChunkCorners.supports(grid)) {
+        GridBoundsCache cache = gridBoundsCache.get();
+        if (!ChunkCorners.supports(grid) || cache.cornersInUse) {
             for (int interpolatorIndex = 0; interpolatorIndex < frozenInterpolators.length; interpolatorIndex++) {
                 h += interpolateGenerators(engine, frozenInterpolators[interpolatorIndex], interpolatorIndex, frozenGenerators[interpolatorIndex], x, z, seed);
             }
             return h;
         }
 
-        GridBoundsCache cache = gridBoundsCache.get();
+        cache.cornersInUse = true;
+        try {
+            return cornerBlockHeight(cache, engine, grid, x, z, seed);
+        } finally {
+            cache.cornersInUse = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private double cornerBlockHeight(GridBoundsCache cache, Engine engine, int grid, double x, double z, long seed) {
+        double h = 0;
         int xi = (int) Math.floor(x);
         int zi = (int) Math.floor(z);
         int gx = xi & ~(grid - 1);
@@ -2343,6 +2353,7 @@ public class IrisComplex implements DataProvider {
         private final BoundsSampler sampler = new BoundsSampler();
         private ChunkCorners recentCorners;
         private ChunkCorners previousCorners;
+        private boolean cornersInUse;
 
         private ChunkCorners chunkCorners(int chunkX, int chunkZ, int groups, int grid) {
             ChunkCorners recent = recentCorners;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplexChunkCornersTest.java b/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplexChunkCornersTest.java
index 6149c12ca..090046995 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplexChunkCornersTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/runtime/IrisComplexChunkCornersTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,24 @@ public class IrisComplexChunkCornersTest {
         assertEquals(40, counting.calls);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void nestedHeightSamplesLeaveTheOuterChunkBlockIntact() throws Exception {
+        ReentrantGenerator reentrant = new ReentrantGenerator();
+        IrisInterpolator[] interpolators = {new ZeroFreeInterpolator(), new PatchInterpolator(4, -2D)};
+        IrisGenerator[][] generators = {{reentrant}, {new WaveGenerator(0.5D)}};
+        IrisComplex candidate = createComplex(4, interpolators, generators);
+        IrisComplex reference = createComplex(4, interpolators, generators);
+        SplittableRandom random = new SplittableRandom(99L);
+        for (int sample = 0; sample < 4_000; sample++) {
+            double x = coordinate(random);
+            double z = coordinate(random);
+            reentrant.target = reference;
+            double expected = expectedHeight(reference, interpolators, generators, x, z);
+            reentrant.target = candidate;
+            assertEquals(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(expected), Double.doubleToRawLongBits(interpolatedHeight(candidate, x, z)));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void nonFiniteCornersFailTheSameWayAndAreRetried() throws Exception {
         NaNCornerInterpolator interpolator = new NaNCornerInterpolator();
@@ -191,6 +209,13 @@ public class IrisComplexChunkCornersTest {
         }
     }
 
+    private static final class ZeroFreeInterpolator extends IrisInterpolator {
+        @Override
+        public NoiseBounds interpolateBounds(double x, double z, NoiseBoundsProvider provider) {
+            return new NoiseBounds(x * 0.01D - 1D, z * 0.01D + 3D);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static final class ZeroInterpolator extends IrisInterpolator {
         private final boolean negative;
 
@@ -227,6 +252,26 @@ public class IrisComplexChunkCornersTest {
         }
     }
 
+    private static final class ReentrantGenerator extends IrisGenerator {
+        private IrisComplex target;
+        private boolean nested;
+
+        @Override
+        public double getHeight(double x, double z, long seed) {
+            if (nested) {
+                return Math.cos(x * 0.13D) * 0.5D;
+            }
+            nested = true;
+            try {
+                return (interpolatedHeight(target, x + 4099D, z - 2053D) + interpolatedHeight(target, x - 8191D, z + 1031D)) * 0.001D;
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+            } finally {
+                nested = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private static final class WaveGenerator extends IrisGenerator {
         private final double amplitude;
         private int invocations;