diff --git a/lib/capistrano/configuration/loading.rb b/lib/capistrano/configuration/loading.rb
index 37d9b1bb..fc7fece8 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/configuration/loading.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/configuration/loading.rb
@@ -140,27 +140,26 @@ module Capistrano
       def require(*args) #:nodoc:
         # look to see if this specific configuration instance has ever seen
         # these arguments to require before
-        if !@loaded_features.include?(args)
-          @loaded_features << args
+        if @loaded_features.include?(args)
+          return false 
+        end
+        
+        @loaded_features << args
+        begin
+          original_instance, self.class.instance = self.class.instance, self
+          original_feature, self.class.current_feature = self.class.current_feature, args
 
-          begin
-            original_instance, self.class.instance = self.class.instance, self
-            original_feature, self.class.current_feature = self.class.current_feature, args
-
-            result = super
-            if !result # file has been required previously, load up the remembered recipes
-              list = self.class.recipes_per_feature[args] || []
-              list.each { |options| load(options.merge(:reloading => true)) }
-            end
-
-            return result
-          ensure
-            # restore the original, so that require's can be nested
-            self.class.instance = original_instance
-            self.class.current_feature = original_feature
+          result = super
+          if !result # file has been required previously, load up the remembered recipes
+            list = self.class.recipes_per_feature[args] || []
+            list.each { |options| load(options.merge(:reloading => true)) }
           end
-        else
-          return false
+
+          return result
+        ensure
+          # restore the original, so that require's can be nested
+          self.class.instance = original_instance
+          self.class.current_feature = original_feature
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/test/configuration/loading_test.rb b/test/configuration/loading_test.rb
index 35cf96ed..f2e99abf 100644
--- a/test/configuration/loading_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration/loading_test.rb
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ class ConfigurationLoadingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_require_from_config_should_return_false_when_called_a_second_time_with_same_args
+    assert @config.require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../fixtures/custom"
+    assert_equal false, @config.require("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../fixtures/custom")
+  end
+  
   def test_require_in_multiple_instances_should_load_recipes_in_each_instance
     config2 = MockConfig.new
     @config.require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../fixtures/custom"
@@ -124,4 +129,4 @@ class ConfigurationLoadingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal :custom, @config.ping
     assert_equal :custom, config2.ping
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end