diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResourceInclude.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResourceInclude.cs
index 87e2ba3a2e..5f5c0211b8 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResourceInclude.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResourceInclude.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.MarkupExtensions
     {
         private Uri? _baseUri;
         private IResourceDictionary? _loaded;
+        private bool _isLoading;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the loaded resource dictionary.
@@ -21,8 +22,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.MarkupExtensions
         {
             get
             {
-                if (_loaded == null)
+                if (!_isLoading)
                 {
+                    _isLoading = true;
                     var loader = new AvaloniaXamlLoader();
                     _loaded = (IResourceDictionary)loader.Load(Source, _baseUri);
                 }
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Styling/StyleInclude.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Styling/StyleInclude.cs
index 2b39263ee9..6bffaaa804 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Styling/StyleInclude.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Styling/StyleInclude.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Styling
     {
         private readonly Uri _baseUri;
         private IStyle[]? _loaded;
+        private bool _isLoading;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StyleInclude"/> class.
@@ -47,8 +48,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Styling
         {
             get
             {
-                if (_loaded == null)
+                if (!_isLoading)
                 {
+                    _isLoading = true;
+
                     var loader = new AvaloniaXamlLoader();
                     var loaded = (IStyle)loader.Load(Source, _baseUri);
                     _loaded = new[] { loaded };