diff --git a/lib/zeitwerk/core_ext/module.rb b/lib/zeitwerk/core_ext/module.rb
index c989485..e397e2a 100644
--- a/lib/zeitwerk/core_ext/module.rb
+++ b/lib/zeitwerk/core_ext/module.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
 module Zeitwerk::ExplicitNamespacesRegistry
   def const_added(cname)
-    Zeitwerk::ExplicitNamespace.__on_const_added(self, cname)
+    # Module#const_added is triggered when an autoload is defined too. We are
+    # only interested in constants that are defined for real. In the case of
+    # inceptions we get a false nil, but this is covered in the loader by doing
+    # things in a certain order.
+    unless autoload?(cname, false)
+      Zeitwerk::ExplicitNamespace.__on_const_added(self, cname)
+    end
     super
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/zeitwerk/explicit_namespace.rb b/lib/zeitwerk/explicit_namespace.rb
index 35a8414..b811871 100644
--- a/lib/zeitwerk/explicit_namespace.rb
+++ b/lib/zeitwerk/explicit_namespace.rb
@@ -59,26 +59,6 @@ class << self
       #
       # @sig (String) -> Zeitwerk::Loader?
       private def loader_for(mod, cname)
-        # @cpaths.empty? is cheap and, depending on the code base, often true.
-        #
-        # Note that due to the way Zeitwerk works, namespaces are registered
-        # necessarily before their constant is defined, so the race codintion
-        # due to the gap from here to the delete call down below would not
-        # introduce a logic flaw.
-        #
-        # On one hand, if @cpaths is empty and a new entry is created after this
-        # check, it won't be for mod::cname anyway.
-        #
-        # On the other hand, if @cpaths is not empty, what happens with @cpaths
-        # during the gap is fine, because delete has the last word anyway.
-        return if @cpaths.empty?
-
-        # Module#const_added is triggered when an autoload is defined too. This
-        # callback is only for constants that are defined for real. In the case
-        # of inceptions we get a false nil, but this is covered in the loader by
-        # doing things in a certain order.
-        return if mod.autoload?(cname, false)
-
         # I benchmarked this against using pairs [mod, cname] as keys, and
         # strings won.
         cpath = mod.equal?(Object) ? cname.name : "#{real_mod_name(mod)}::#{cname}"