diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java
index b9d599334..1a54c104c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ public class MovementPillar extends Movement {
             // if we're standing on water and assumeWalkOnWater is false, we must have ascended to here, or sneak backplaced, so it is possible to pillar again
             return COST_INF;
         }
+        if (fromDown.getBlock() instanceof BlockLiquid && (from == Blocks.WATERLILY || from == Blocks.CARPET)) {
+            // to ascend here we'd have to break the block we are standing on
+            return COST_INF;
+        }
         double hardness = MovementHelper.getMiningDurationTicks(context, x, y + 2, z, toBreak, true);
         if (hardness >= COST_INF) {
             return COST_INF;