diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/ai/behavior/SleepInBed.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/ai/behavior/SleepInBed.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d905f5c1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/ai/behavior/SleepInBed.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/world/entity/ai/behavior/SleepInBed.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/world/entity/ai/behavior/SleepInBed.java
+@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
+                     }
+                 }
+ 
+-                BlockState blockState = world.getBlockState(globalPos.pos());
++                BlockState blockState = world.getBlockStateIfLoaded(globalPos.pos()); // Paper - Prevent sync chunk loads when villagers try to find beds
++                if (blockState == null) { return false; } // Paper - Prevent sync chunk loads when villagers try to find beds
+                 return globalPos.pos().closerToCenterThan(entity.position(), 2.0) && blockState.is(BlockTags.BEDS) && !blockState.getValue(BedBlock.OCCUPIED);
+             }
+         }