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diff --git a/pkg_resources.py b/pkg_resources.py
index 30dbc188..5eb19df3 100644
--- a/pkg_resources.py
+++ b/pkg_resources.py
@@ -1773,11 +1773,12 @@ def declare_namespace(packageName):
if '.' in packageName:
parent = '.'.join(packageName.split('.')[:-1])
declare_namespace(parent)
- __import__(parent)
- try:
- path = sys.modules[parent].__path__
- except AttributeError:
- raise TypeError("Not a package:", parent)
+ if parent not in _namespace_packages:
+ __import__(parent)
+ try:
+ path = sys.modules[parent].__path__
+ except AttributeError:
+ raise TypeError("Not a package:", parent)
# Track what packages are namespaces, so when new path items are added,
# they can be updated