diff --git a/lisp/use-package/use-package.el b/lisp/use-package/use-package.el
index bfb5002965d..dcc8842b6e9 100644
--- a/lisp/use-package/use-package.el
+++ b/lisp/use-package/use-package.el
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ manually updated package."
         (add-to-list 'package-pinned-packages (cons package archive-name))
       (error "Archive '%s' requested for package '%s' is not available."
              archive-name package))
-    (package-initialize t)))
+    (unless (bound-and-true-p package--initialized)
+      (package-initialize t))))
 
 (defun use-package-handler/:pin (name keyword archive-name rest state)
   (let ((body (use-package-process-keywords name rest state))