diff --git a/.changeset/one-linter-per-check.md b/.changeset/one-linter-per-check.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a333c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/one-linter-per-check.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"diagnostics-webpack-plugin": patch
+---
+
+Load a check's linter for that check rather than once per module, so two Stylelint entries no longer lint under one another's options.
diff --git a/src/checks/eslint-worker.js b/src/checks/eslint-worker.js
index c4bad10..b46eb87 100644
--- a/src/checks/eslint-worker.js
+++ b/src/checks/eslint-worker.js
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ function setup(path, options, flat) {
   useFlatConfig = flat;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The `ESLint` class the given eslint answers with, which is what says its
+ * version and applies its fixes as well as what lints.
+ * @param {string} path what names the eslint to load
+ * @param {boolean} flat whether to load it in flat mode
+ * @returns {Promise<ESLintClass>} the class to lint through
+ */
+async function loadESLintClass(path, flat) {
+  const eslintModule = await importFrom(path);
+
+  return eslintModule.loadESLint({ useFlatConfig: flat });
+}
+
 /**
  * Loads eslint once per worker, on the first file it is given.
  * @returns {Promise<ESLintInstance>} the eslint instance this worker lints with
@@ -36,8 +49,7 @@ function setup(path, options, flat) {
 function getESLint() {
   if (!pending) {
     pending = (async () => {
-      const eslintModule = await importFrom(specifier);
-      const ESLint = await eslintModule.loadESLint({ useFlatConfig });
+      const ESLint = await loadESLintClass(specifier, useFlatConfig);
 
       return new ESLint(eslintOptions);
     })();
@@ -56,4 +68,4 @@ async function lintFiles(files) {
   return eslint.lintFiles(files);
 }
 
-export { lintFiles, setup };
+export { lintFiles, loadESLintClass, setup };
diff --git a/src/checks/eslint.js b/src/checks/eslint.js
index 9c6af76..57535a6 100644
--- a/src/checks/eslint.js
+++ b/src/checks/eslint.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { isAbsolute, join, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 
 import { countThreads, createPool } from "../threads.js";
-import { importFrom, omitPluginOptions } from "../utils.js";
+import { omitPluginOptions } from "../utils.js";
+
+import { loadESLintClass } from "./eslint-worker.js";
 
 const nodeRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
@@ -224,12 +226,11 @@ async function create({ options, compilation }) {
   const fix = Boolean(eslintOptions.fix);
   const specifier = options.eslintPath || "eslint";
 
-  const eslintModule = await importFrom(specifier);
-
   /** @type {ESLintClass} */
-  const ESLint = await eslintModule.loadESLint({
-    useFlatConfig: options.configType === "flat",
-  });
+  const ESLint = await loadESLintClass(
+    specifier,
+    options.configType === "flat",
+  );
 
   /** @type {((results: LintResult[]) => Promise<LintResult[]>) | undefined} */
   let applySuppressions;
diff --git a/src/checks/stylelint-worker.js b/src/checks/stylelint-worker.js
index 6cc8cae..629e1a4 100644
--- a/src/checks/stylelint-worker.js
+++ b/src/checks/stylelint-worker.js
@@ -5,69 +5,92 @@ import { importFrom } from "../utils.js";
 /** @typedef {import("./stylelint.js").StylelintOptions} StylelintOptions */
 /** @typedef {import("./stylelint.js").Stylelint} Stylelint */
 /** @typedef {import("../options.js").CheckOptions} Options */
+/** @typedef {{ getStylelint: () => Promise<Stylelint>, lintFiles: (files: string | string[]) => Promise<Reported[]> }} Linter */
 
-/** @type {string} */
-let stylelintPath = "stylelint";
+/**
+ * A stylelint loaded under one set of options. A worker holds the one it was
+ * started with; the plugin's own thread holds one per check, which is what
+ * keeps two checks of the same tool out of each other's options.
+ * @param {string} stylelintPath what names the stylelint to load
+ * @param {Partial<StylelintOptions>} linterOptions the options it lints under
+ * @returns {Linter} the linter those options describe
+ */
+function createLinter(stylelintPath, linterOptions) {
+  /** @type {Promise<Stylelint> | null} */
+  let loading = null;
 
-/** @type {Partial<StylelintOptions>} */
-let linterOptions;
+  /**
+   * Lazily load stylelint on first use.
+   * @returns {Promise<Stylelint>} stylelint instance
+   */
+  const getStylelint = () => {
+    if (!loading) {
+      loading = (async () => {
+        const mod = await importFrom(stylelintPath);
+        // A `stylelintPath` may name a CommonJS module, which has no default export
+        return mod.default || mod;
+      })();
+    }
 
-/** @type {Promise<Stylelint> | null} */
-let stylelintPromise = null;
+    return loading;
+  };
 
-/**
- * Lazily load stylelint on first use.
- * @returns {Promise<Stylelint>} stylelint instance
- */
-async function getStylelint() {
-  if (!stylelintPromise) {
-    stylelintPromise = (async () => {
-      const mod = await importFrom(stylelintPath);
-      // A `stylelintPath` may name a CommonJS module, which has no default export
-      return mod.default || mod;
-    })();
-  }
+  return {
+    getStylelint,
+    async lintFiles(files) {
+      const stylelint = await getStylelint();
+      const { results, ruleMetadata } = await stylelint.lint({
+        ...linterOptions,
+        files,
+        quietDeprecationWarnings: true,
+      });
 
-  return stylelintPromise;
+      // Reset result to work with worker
+      return results.map((result) => ({
+        source: result.source,
+        errored: result.errored,
+        ignored: result.ignored,
+        warnings: result.warnings,
+        deprecations: result.deprecations,
+        invalidOptionWarnings: result.invalidOptionWarnings,
+        parseErrors: result.parseErrors,
+        // What a formatter looks a warning's rule up in. The postcss result it
+        // otherwise hangs off cannot cross a worker, and this is the same object
+        // on every result of a batch, so it crosses once.
+        ruleMetadata,
+      }));
+    },
+  };
 }
 
+// The one this worker was started for, which is a thread of its own.
+/** @type {Linter} */
+let own;
+
 /**
  * @param {Options} options the worker options
  * @param {Partial<StylelintOptions>} stylelintOptions the stylelint options
  */
 function setup(options, stylelintOptions) {
-  stylelintPath = options.stylelintPath || "stylelint";
-  linterOptions = stylelintOptions;
-  // Reset cached stylelint in case path changed
-  stylelintPromise = null;
+  own = createLinter(
+    String(options.stylelintPath || "stylelint"),
+    stylelintOptions,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * @returns {Promise<Stylelint>} stylelint instance
+ */
+function getStylelint() {
+  return own.getStylelint();
 }
 
 /**
  * @param {string | string[]} files files
  * @returns {Promise<Reported[]>} results
  */
-async function lintFiles(files) {
-  const stylelint = await getStylelint();
-  const { results, ruleMetadata } = await stylelint.lint({
-    ...linterOptions,
-    files,
-    quietDeprecationWarnings: true,
-  });
-
-  // Reset result to work with worker
-  return results.map((result) => ({
-    source: result.source,
-    errored: result.errored,
-    ignored: result.ignored,
-    warnings: result.warnings,
-    deprecations: result.deprecations,
-    invalidOptionWarnings: result.invalidOptionWarnings,
-    parseErrors: result.parseErrors,
-    // What a formatter looks a warning's rule up in. The postcss result it
-    // otherwise hangs off cannot cross a worker, and this is the same object
-    // on every result of a batch, so it crosses once.
-    ruleMetadata,
-  }));
+function lintFiles(files) {
+  return own.lintFiles(files);
 }
 
-export { getStylelint, lintFiles, setup };
+export { createLinter, getStylelint, lintFiles, setup };
diff --git a/src/checks/stylelint.js b/src/checks/stylelint.js
index 344b5f0..eb8fef1 100644
--- a/src/checks/stylelint.js
+++ b/src/checks/stylelint.js
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ import {
   parseFiles,
 } from "../utils.js";
 
-import {
-  getStylelint as getStylelintInstance,
-  lintFiles,
-  setup,
-} from "./stylelint-worker.js";
+import { createLinter } from "./stylelint-worker.js";
 
 const nodeRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
@@ -90,11 +86,14 @@ function getStylelintOptions(options) {
  * @returns {Loaded} loaded stylelint
  */
 function loadStylelint(options) {
-  setup(options, getStylelintOptions(options));
+  const linter = createLinter(
+    String(options.stylelintPath || "stylelint"),
+    getStylelintOptions(options),
+  );
 
   return {
-    getStylelint: getStylelintInstance,
-    lintFiles,
+    getStylelint: linter.getStylelint,
+    lintFiles: linter.lintFiles,
     cleanup: async () => {},
     threads: 1,
   };
diff --git a/test/stylelint/multiple-checks.test.js b/test/stylelint/multiple-checks.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..177cb38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stylelint/multiple-checks.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { describe, it } from "node:test";
+
+import webpack from "webpack";
+
+import DiagnosticsPlugin from "../../src/index.js";
+
+const testDir = import.meta.dirname;
+const shared = { cache: false, threads: false };
+
+/**
+ * @param {EXPECTED_ANY[]} checks the entries to run
+ * @returns {Promise<EXPECTED_ANY>} what the build reported
+ */
+function reported(checks) {
+  const compiler = webpack({
+    context: join(testDir, "fixtures", "error"),
+    mode: "development",
+    entry: "./index",
+    output: { path: join(testDir, "outputs", "multiple-checks") },
+    plugins: [new DiagnosticsPlugin({ checks })],
+  });
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    compiler.run((err, stats) => {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      else compiler.close(() => resolve(stats));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// The entry that reports, and one configured to report nothing at all.
+const reporting = {
+  use: "stylelint",
+  ...shared,
+  configFile: join(testDir, ".stylelintrc"),
+};
+const silent = {
+  use: "stylelint",
+  ...shared,
+  config: { rules: {} },
+  customSyntax: "postcss-scss",
+};
+
+describe("multiple checks", () => {
+  it("should lint under an entry's own options rather than another's", async () => {
+    const alone = await reported([reporting]);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(alone.compilation.errors.length, 1);
+
+    // Each entry loads the tool for itself, so the options of the one written
+    // last are not what the one before it lints under.
+    const together = await reported([reporting, silent]);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(together.compilation.errors.length, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      together.compilation.errors[0].message,
+      alone.compilation.errors[0].message,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/types/checks/eslint-worker.d.ts b/types/checks/eslint-worker.d.ts
index 3d1a1b0..cf199dc 100644
--- a/types/checks/eslint-worker.d.ts
+++ b/types/checks/eslint-worker.d.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ export type ESLintInstance = InstanceType<ESLintClass>;
  * @returns {Promise<LintResult[]>} what eslint found in them
  */
 export function lintFiles(files: string[]): Promise<LintResult[]>;
+/**
+ * The `ESLint` class the given eslint answers with, which is what says its
+ * version and applies its fixes as well as what lints.
+ * @param {string} path what names the eslint to load
+ * @param {boolean} flat whether to load it in flat mode
+ * @returns {Promise<ESLintClass>} the class to lint through
+ */
+export function loadESLintClass(
+  path: string,
+  flat: boolean,
+): Promise<ESLintClass>;
 /**
  * @param {string} path what names the eslint to load
  * @param {ESLintOptions} options the options it is constructed with
diff --git a/types/checks/stylelint-worker.d.ts b/types/checks/stylelint-worker.d.ts
index db55001..b86da50 100644
--- a/types/checks/stylelint-worker.d.ts
+++ b/types/checks/stylelint-worker.d.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,29 @@ export type Reported = import("./stylelint.js").Reported;
 export type StylelintOptions = import("./stylelint.js").StylelintOptions;
 export type Stylelint = import("./stylelint.js").Stylelint;
 export type Options = import("../options.js").CheckOptions;
+export type Linter = {
+  getStylelint: () => Promise<Stylelint>;
+  lintFiles: (files: string | string[]) => Promise<Reported[]>;
+};
+/** @typedef {import("./stylelint.js").LintResult} LintResult */
+/** @typedef {import("./stylelint.js").Reported} Reported */
+/** @typedef {import("./stylelint.js").StylelintOptions} StylelintOptions */
+/** @typedef {import("./stylelint.js").Stylelint} Stylelint */
+/** @typedef {import("../options.js").CheckOptions} Options */
+/** @typedef {{ getStylelint: () => Promise<Stylelint>, lintFiles: (files: string | string[]) => Promise<Reported[]> }} Linter */
+/**
+ * A stylelint loaded under one set of options. A worker holds the one it was
+ * started with; the plugin's own thread holds one per check, which is what
+ * keeps two checks of the same tool out of each other's options.
+ * @param {string} stylelintPath what names the stylelint to load
+ * @param {Partial<StylelintOptions>} linterOptions the options it lints under
+ * @returns {Linter} the linter those options describe
+ */
+export function createLinter(
+  stylelintPath: string,
+  linterOptions: Partial<StylelintOptions>,
+): Linter;
 /**
- * Lazily load stylelint on first use.
  * @returns {Promise<Stylelint>} stylelint instance
  */
 export function getStylelint(): Promise<Stylelint>;