diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/level/NaturalSpawner.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/level/NaturalSpawner.java.patch
index 7c479fd1c8..93915cc03d 100644
--- a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/level/NaturalSpawner.java.patch
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/level/NaturalSpawner.java.patch
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@
                  list.add(enumcreaturetype);
              }
          }
+@@ -164,9 +185,9 @@
+         StructureManager structuremanager = world.structureManager();
+         ChunkGenerator chunkgenerator = world.getChunkSource().getGenerator();
+         int i = pos.getY();
+-        BlockState iblockdata = chunk.getBlockState(pos);
++        BlockState iblockdata = world.getBlockStateIfLoadedAndInBounds(pos); // Paper - don't load chunks for mob spawn
+ 
+-        if (!iblockdata.isRedstoneConductor(chunk, pos)) {
++        if (iblockdata != null && !iblockdata.isRedstoneConductor(chunk, pos)) { // Paper - don't load chunks for mob spawn
+             BlockPos.MutableBlockPos blockposition_mutableblockposition = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+             int j = 0;
+             int k = 0;
+@@ -195,7 +216,7 @@
+                             if (entityhuman != null) {
+                                 double d2 = entityhuman.distanceToSqr(d0, (double) i, d1);
+ 
+-                                if (NaturalSpawner.isRightDistanceToPlayerAndSpawnPoint(world, chunk, blockposition_mutableblockposition, d2)) {
++                                if (world.isLoadedAndInBounds(blockposition_mutableblockposition) && NaturalSpawner.isRightDistanceToPlayerAndSpawnPoint(world, chunk, blockposition_mutableblockposition, d2)) { // Paper - don't load chunks for mob spawn
+                                     if (biomesettingsmobs_c == null) {
+                                         Optional<MobSpawnSettings.SpawnerData> optional = NaturalSpawner.getRandomSpawnMobAt(world, structuremanager, chunkgenerator, group, world.random, blockposition_mutableblockposition);
+ 
 @@ -207,7 +228,13 @@
                                          j1 = biomesettingsmobs_c.minCount + world.random.nextInt(1 + biomesettingsmobs_c.maxCount - biomesettingsmobs_c.minCount);
                                      }