diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index 91a247e..fcf7786 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -2636,6 +2636,7 @@ get_all_relations () {
         ## situation is stable
 
         if [ "${#summon[@]}" != 0 ]; then
+            declare -A summon_requeued=()
             while [ "${#summon[@]}" != 0 ]; do
                 service="${summon[0]}"
                 relation_name="${summon[1]}"
@@ -2650,9 +2651,18 @@ get_all_relations () {
                 fi
 
                 if [ "${#providers[@]}" -gt 1 ]; then
-                    warn "Auto-summon ${DARKYELLOW}$service${NORMAL}" \
-                         "--${DARKBLUE}$relation_name${NORMAL}--> ($DARKYELLOW""${providers[@]}""$NORMAL)"\
-                         "(> 1 provider). Choosing first."
+                    if [ -z "${summon_requeued[$service/$relation_name]}" ]; then
+                        debug "Auto-summon ${DARKYELLOW}$service${NORMAL}" \
+                             "--${DARKBLUE}$relation_name${NORMAL}--> ($DARKYELLOW""${providers[@]}""$NORMAL)"\
+                             "(> 1 provider). Requeing."
+                        summon+=("$service" "$relation_name" "$relation_def")  ## re-queue it
+                        summon_requeued["$service/$relation_name"]=1
+                        continue
+                    else
+                        warn "Auto-summon ${DARKYELLOW}$service${NORMAL}" \
+                             "--${DARKBLUE}$relation_name${NORMAL}--> ($DARKYELLOW""${providers[@]}""$NORMAL)"\
+                             "(> 1 provider). Choosing first."
+                    fi
                 fi
                 ts="${providers[0]}"
 
@@ -2669,6 +2679,7 @@ get_all_relations () {
                 array_read-0 services_uses < <(_get_services_uses "$ts")
                 services[$ts]=1
                 changed=1
+                continue 2
             done
             continue
         fi