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diff --git a/lib/IO/Pty/Easy.pm b/lib/IO/Pty/Easy.pm
index 791ba76..a75b391 100644
--- a/lib/IO/Pty/Easy.pm
+++ b/lib/IO/Pty/Easy.pm
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ sub spawn {
my $self = shift;
my $slave = $self->{pty}->slave;
+ croak "Attempt to spawn a subprocess when one is already running"
+ if $self->is_active;
+
# set up a pipe to use for keeping track of the child process during exec
my ($readp, $writep);
unless (pipe($readp, $writep)) {