diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46694aa7..a30eb6fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
 ## 1.8.4 - 2019-05-17
 ### Additions
 - Support for
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py
index e0d519c3..9d3dc7c3 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ class SankakuTagExtractor(SankakuExtractor):
 
             next_qs = text.extract(page, 'next-page-url="/?', '"', pos)[0]
             next_id = text.parse_query(next_qs).get("next")
+
+            # stop if the same "next" parameter occurs twice in a row (#265)
+            if "next" in params and params["next"] == next_id:
+                return
+
             params["next"] = next_id or (text.parse_int(ids[-1]) - 1)
             params["page"] = "2"
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index 2460782b..cebb93b0 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.8.4"
+__version__ = "1.8.5-dev"