diff --git a/src/utils/setup/setupChocoPack.ts b/src/utils/setup/setupChocoPack.ts
index 9d6ec262..81998d21 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup/setupChocoPack.ts
+++ b/src/utils/setup/setupChocoPack.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+/* eslint-disable require-atomic-updates */
 import { exec } from "@actions/exec"
 import which from "which"
 import { setupChocolatey } from "../../chocolatey/chocolatey"
 
+let hasChoco = false
+
 /** A function that installs a package using choco */
 export async function setupChocoPack(name: string, version?: string) {
-  if (which.sync("choco", { nothrow: true }) === null) {
+  if (!hasChoco || which.sync("choco", { nothrow: true }) === null) {
     await setupChocolatey()
+    hasChoco = true
   }
 
   let exit