diff --git a/packages/core/src/module-resolver.ts b/packages/core/src/module-resolver.ts
index 7cacab99e..08e0fa645 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/module-resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/module-resolver.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ class NodeModuleRequest implements ModuleRequest {
     return new NodeModuleRequest(specifier, this.fromFile) as this;
   }
   rehome(fromFile: string): this {
-    return new NodeModuleRequest(this.specifier, fromFile) as this;
+    if (this.fromFile === fromFile) {
+      return this;
+    } else {
+      return new NodeModuleRequest(this.specifier, fromFile) as this;
+    }
   }
   virtualize(filename: string) {
     return new NodeModuleRequest(filename, this.fromFile, true) as this;
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/webpack-resolver-plugin.ts b/packages/webpack/src/webpack-resolver-plugin.ts
index bde43ecda..20db3e276 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/webpack-resolver-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/webpack-resolver-plugin.ts
@@ -161,9 +161,13 @@ class WebpackModuleRequest implements ModuleRequest {
     return new WebpackModuleRequest(this.babelLoaderPrefix, this.state) as this;
   }
   rehome(newFromFile: string) {
-    this.state.contextInfo.issuer = newFromFile;
-    this.state.context = dirname(newFromFile);
-    return new WebpackModuleRequest(this.babelLoaderPrefix, this.state) as this;
+    if (this.fromFile === newFromFile) {
+      return this;
+    } else {
+      this.state.contextInfo.issuer = newFromFile;
+      this.state.context = dirname(newFromFile);
+      return new WebpackModuleRequest(this.babelLoaderPrefix, this.state) as this;
+    }
   }
   virtualize(filename: string) {
     let next = this.alias(`${this.babelLoaderPrefix}${virtualLoaderName}?${filename}!`);