diff --git a/patches/server/0861-Prevent-entity-loading-causing-async-lookups.patch b/patches/server/0861-Prevent-entity-loading-causing-async-lookups.patch
index 10ec349b28..dffa5fc768 100644
--- a/patches/server/0861-Prevent-entity-loading-causing-async-lookups.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0861-Prevent-entity-loading-causing-async-lookups.patch
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ index d81ee5367205ba96eb23f885ec648a27f2cf62f8..7bb45ae3ed51975972e013aaf66acc35
          if (this.isPassenger() && this.getVehicle().isRemoved()) {
              this.stopRiding();
 diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/NeutralMob.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/NeutralMob.java
-index dedf76de5d6f46b9626ca4a98cfffe125b90dd0c..78632fd681049fbd49d0030c23ed204dbc515a44 100644
+index dedf76de5d6f46b9626ca4a98cfffe125b90dd0c..7dac62b6370dae3ad6d098857c3136d5acf2bd74 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/NeutralMob.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/NeutralMob.java
-@@ -42,18 +42,7 @@ public interface NeutralMob {
+@@ -42,18 +42,11 @@ public interface NeutralMob {
                  UUID uuid = nbt.getUUID("AngryAt");
  
                  this.setPersistentAngerTarget(uuid);
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ index dedf76de5d6f46b9626ca4a98cfffe125b90dd0c..78632fd681049fbd49d0030c23ed204d
 -
 -                }
 +                // Paper - Moved diff to separate method
++                // If this entity already survived its first tick, e.g. is loaded and ticked in sync, actively
++                // tick the initial persistent anger.
++                // If not, let the first tick on the baseTick call the method later down the line.
++                if (this instanceof Entity entity && !entity.firstTick) this.tickInitialPersistentAnger(world);
              }
          }
      }
-@@ -127,4 +116,26 @@ public interface NeutralMob {
+@@ -127,4 +120,26 @@ public interface NeutralMob {
  
      @Nullable
      LivingEntity getTarget();