diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
index dd67b4f243..b26846e006 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ module Formulary
       raise "Formula loading disabled by HOMEBREW_DISABLE_LOAD_FORMULA!"
     end
 
+    raise "Formula #{name} has already been loaded" if const_defined?(namespace)
+
     mod = Module.new
     const_set(namespace, mod)
     begin
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb
index 234ebc93c3..7a7c8811af 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ describe Formulary do
   let(:bottle_dir) { Pathname.new("#{TEST_FIXTURE_DIR}/bottles") }
   let(:bottle) { bottle_dir/"testball_bottle-0.1.#{Utils::Bottles.tag}.bottle.tar.gz" }
 
+  describe "::load_formula" do
+    it "does not allow namespace repetition" do |example|
+      definition = "Foo = Class.new(Formula)"
+      namespace = "Test#{example.description.hash.abs}"
+      subject.load_formula("foo", "bar", definition, namespace)
+      expect { subject.load_formula("foo", "bar", definition, namespace) }
+        .to raise_error RuntimeError, /already.* loaded/
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "::class_s" do
     it "replaces '+' with 'x'" do
       expect(subject.class_s("foo++")).to eq("Fooxx")