diff --git a/pkg/fixtures/example_project/bar/foo/client.go b/pkg/fixtures/example_project/bar/foo/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc2e6c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/fixtures/example_project/bar/foo/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package foo
+
+type Client interface {
+	Search(query string) ([]string, error)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/fixtures/example_project/foo/collision.go b/pkg/fixtures/example_project/foo/collision.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1254e9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/fixtures/example_project/foo/collision.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package foo
+
+import "github.com/vektra/mockery/v2/pkg/fixtures/example_project/bar/foo"
+
+type Collision interface {
+	NewClient() foo.Client
+}
diff --git a/pkg/generator.go b/pkg/generator.go
index 5c64277e..1c0fc5ae 100644
--- a/pkg/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/generator.go
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ func (g *Generator) addPackageImportWithName(ctx context.Context, path, name str
 
 func (g *Generator) getNonConflictingName(path, name string) string {
 	if !g.importNameExists(name) {
-		return name
+		// do not allow imports with the same name as the package when inPackage
+		if !g.InPackage || g.iface.Pkg.Name() != name {
+			return name
+		}
 	}
 
 	// The path will always contain '/' because it is enforced in getLocalizedPath
@@ -120,7 +123,10 @@ func (g *Generator) getNonConflictingName(path, name string) string {
 	for i := 1; i <= numDirectories; i++ {
 		prospectiveName = strings.Join(cleanedDirectories[numDirectories-i:], "")
 		if !g.importNameExists(prospectiveName) {
-			return prospectiveName
+			// do not allow imports with the same name as the package when inPackage
+			if !g.InPackage || g.iface.Pkg.Name() != prospectiveName {
+				return prospectiveName
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	// Try adding numbers to the given name
diff --git a/pkg/generator_test.go b/pkg/generator_test.go
index d92deddb..530b57c7 100644
--- a/pkg/generator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/generator_test.go
@@ -1402,6 +1402,22 @@ import mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *GeneratorSuite) TestInPackagePackageCollision() {
+	expected := `package foo
+
+import barfoo "github.com/vektra/mockery/v2/pkg/fixtures/example_project/bar/foo"
+import mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+
+`
+	generator := NewGenerator(
+		s.ctx,
+		config.Config{InPackage: true, LogLevel: "debug"},
+		s.getInterfaceFromFile("example_project/foo/collision.go", "Collision"),
+		pkg,
+	)
+	s.checkPrologueGeneration(generator, expected)
+}
+
 func TestGeneratorSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	generatorSuite := new(GeneratorSuite)
 	suite.Run(t, generatorSuite)