diff --git a/BossMod/Framework/ActionManagerEx.cs b/BossMod/Framework/ActionManagerEx.cs
index 633bb14c7a..ce1507329f 100644
--- a/BossMod/Framework/ActionManagerEx.cs
+++ b/BossMod/Framework/ActionManagerEx.cs
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ private bool UseActionLocationDetour(ActionManager* self, ActionType actionType,
 
         private void ProcessPacketActionEffectDetour(uint casterID, FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Client.Game.Character.BattleChara* casterObj, Vector3* targetPos, Network.ServerIPC.ActionEffectHeader* header, ulong* effects, ulong* targets)
         {
+            var packetAnimLock = header->animationLockTime;
             if (ActionEffectReceived != null)
             {
                 // note: there's a slight difference with dispatching event from here rather than from packet processing (ActionEffectN) functions
@@ -412,9 +413,18 @@ private void ProcessPacketActionEffectDetour(uint casterID, FFXIVClientStructs.F
                     float adjDelay = animLockDelay;
                     if (adjDelay > AnimationLockDelayMax)
                     {
-                        animLockReduction = Math.Min(adjDelay - AnimationLockDelayMax, currAnimLock);
-                        adjDelay -= animLockReduction;
-                        Utils.WriteField(_inst, 8, currAnimLock - animLockReduction);
+                        // sanity check for plugin conflicts
+                        if (header->animationLockTime != packetAnimLock || packetAnimLock % 0.01 is >= 0.0005f and <= 0.0095f)
+                        {
+                            Service.Log($"[AMEx] Unexpected animation lock {packetAnimLock:f} -> {header->animationLockTime:f}, disabling anim lock tweak feature");
+                            Config.RemoveAnimationLockDelay = false;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            animLockReduction = Math.Min(adjDelay - AnimationLockDelayMax, currAnimLock);
+                            adjDelay -= animLockReduction;
+                            Utils.WriteField(_inst, 8, currAnimLock - animLockReduction);
+                        }
                     }
                     AnimationLockDelayAverage = adjDelay * (1 - AnimationLockDelaySmoothing) + AnimationLockDelayAverage * AnimationLockDelaySmoothing;
                 }