diff --git a/paper-checkstyle/src/main/java/io/papermc/checkstyle/checks/JavadocAlignParameterDescriptionCheck.java b/paper-checkstyle/src/main/java/io/papermc/checkstyle/checks/JavadocAlignParameterDescriptionCheck.java
index ef47c063dad3..badf3f240036 100644
--- a/paper-checkstyle/src/main/java/io/papermc/checkstyle/checks/JavadocAlignParameterDescriptionCheck.java
+++ b/paper-checkstyle/src/main/java/io/papermc/checkstyle/checks/JavadocAlignParameterDescriptionCheck.java
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.JavadocUtil;
 import io.papermc.checkstyle.Util;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ record ParamDesc(DetailNode node, int startCol) {
         final List<ParamDesc> params = new ArrayList<>();
         int maxColumn = -1;
         DetailNode child = detailNode.getFirstChild();
+        final Set<Integer> visitedLines = new HashSet<>();
         for (final DetailNode javadocBlock : JavadocUtil.getAllNodesOfType(detailNode, JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.JAVADOC_BLOCK_TAG)) {
             final DetailNode paramBlock = JavadocUtil.findFirstToken(javadocBlock, JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.PARAM_BLOCK_TAG);
             if (paramBlock == null) {
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@ record ParamDesc(DetailNode node, int startCol) {
             }
             // iterate over all text nodes (multiline)
             for (final DetailNode textNode : JavadocUtil.getAllNodesOfType(paramDescription, JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.TEXT)) {
+                if (!visitedLines.add(textNode.getLineNumber())) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 final Matcher matcher = SPACE_PREFIX.matcher(textNode.getText());
                 int paramDescColNum = textNode.getColumnNumber();
                 if (matcher.find()) {
diff --git a/paper-checkstyle/src/testData/java/testdata/JavadocParamAlignment.java b/paper-checkstyle/src/testData/java/testdata/JavadocParamAlignment.java
index 7f2531c4d52d..a1d0b19afdcb 100644
--- a/paper-checkstyle/src/testData/java/testdata/JavadocParamAlignment.java
+++ b/paper-checkstyle/src/testData/java/testdata/JavadocParamAlignment.java
@@ -45,4 +45,26 @@ public void method_multiline(String a, String superLongParamName) {
     public void method_multiline_correct(String a, String superLongParamName) {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A method that does something
+     *
+     * @param a                  this is a description
+     *                           with a {@link #method(String, String)} link tag
+     * @param superLongParamName a description
+     *                           blabla
+     */
+    public void method_multiline_correct_with_link(String a, String superLongParamName) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A method where line 2 starts with a link tag
+     *
+     * @param a                  this is a description
+     *                           {@link #method(String, String)} is at line start
+     * @param superLongParamName a description
+     *                           blabla
+     */
+    public void method_line2_starts_with_link(String a, String superLongParamName) {
+    }
+
 }