diff --git a/src/subpages/RequestPage.php b/src/subpages/RequestPage.php
index 617afab..e3865c1 100644
--- a/src/subpages/RequestPage.php
+++ b/src/subpages/RequestPage.php
@@ -573,7 +573,12 @@ function handleRequestActionSubmission($userContext, SpecialPage $pageContext, $
 	$mutexId = 'scratch-confirmaccount-action-request-' . $requestId;
 
 	$dbw = getTransactableDatabase($mutexId);
-	
+
+	if($user->pingLimiter('requestaccountaction')){
+		cancelTransaction($dbw, $mutexId);
+		$output->showErrorPage('actionthrottled', 'actionthrottledtext');
+		return;
+	}
 	//find the request
 	$accountRequest = getAccountRequestById($requestId, $dbw);
 	if (!$accountRequest) {