diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-peer.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-peer.ts
index 5178839a4..bfb0dd589 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-peer.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-peer.ts
@@ -1372,6 +1372,14 @@ export async function processPeerPullCredit(
     pursePub,
   });
 
+  // We're already running!
+  if (ws.activeLongpoll[retryTag]) {
+    logger.info("peer-pull-credit already in long-polling, returning!");
+    return {
+      type: OperationAttemptResultType.Longpoll,
+    };
+  }
+
   switch (pullIni.status) {
     case PeerPullPaymentInitiationStatus.PurseDeposited: {
       // We implement this case so that the "retry" action on a peer-pull-credit transaction