diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_case_tracker.cpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_case_tracker.cpp
index 864cf11b0d..4050a8cea3 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_case_tracker.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_case_tracker.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ namespace TestCaseTracking {
             currentTracker.addChild( CATCH_MOVE( newTracker ) );
         }
 
+        if ( ctx.completedCycle() && tracker->isOpen() ) {
+            CATCH_INTERNAL_ERROR(
+                "The same SECTION was encountered multiple times in one test cycle" );
+        }
+
         if ( !ctx.completedCycle() ) {
             tracker->tryOpen();
         }
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/PartTracker.tests.cpp b/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/PartTracker.tests.cpp
index 09c765aa3c..48d55326c9 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/PartTracker.tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/PartTracker.tests.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,28 @@ TEST_CASE( "Tracker" ) {
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE( "Tracker rejects a section encountered twice in one cycle" ) {
+    TrackerContext ctx;
+    ITracker& root = ctx.startRun();
+    std::vector<PathFilter> dummyFilters;
+    root.setFilters( &dummyFilters, false );
+    ctx.startCycle();
+
+    ITracker& testCase = SectionTracker::acquire( ctx, makeNAL( "Testcase" ) );
+    ITracker& section = SectionTracker::acquire( ctx, makeNAL( "Section" ) );
+    ITracker& firstChild = SectionTracker::acquire( ctx, makeNAL( "First child" ) );
+
+    firstChild.close();
+    SectionTracker::acquire( ctx, makeNAL( "Second child" ) );
+    section.close();
+
+    REQUIRE( ctx.completedCycle() );
+    REQUIRE( section.isOpen() );
+    REQUIRE_THROWS( SectionTracker::acquire( ctx, makeNAL( "Section" ) ) );
+
+    testCase.close();
+}
+
 static bool previouslyRun = false;
 static bool previouslyRunNested = false;