Dan McFarland hopes that Ulster's more resilient nature will prevent the kind of collapse at Thomond Park that they suffered 11 months ago.
The northern province racked up a record 64-7 defeat to Munster at the end of September 2018, conceding nine tries on a painful night.
The absence of Rory Best and Jacob Stockdale, plus first half injuries to Iain Henderson and John Cooney, was keenly felt as the only unbeaten left in the PRO14 were ransacked.
Returning to Limerick tomorrow, head coach McFarland warns that Munster are capable of running riot if Ulster aren't switched on in the early stages.
"They had a strong side out that day, we had a couple of injuries early in the game and things went against us," recalled McFarland.
"If you let those things knock you in games down in Thomond, you're going to be on the end of a hiding.
"It's not that difficult for that to happen, and that's exactly what happened that day.
"We gave up a couple of scores early on and we never really recovered from that - and I like to think we are a little more resilient this year because it is going to be tough.
"But we're hoping to put in a better performance this year than last year."
Early season form has been promising for Ulster, despite the loss of their World Cup frontliners such as club captain Henderson, and the retirement of Best.
Four wins from five games sets them up for a big encounter with their provincial rivals, and ahead of next week's trip to the Rec to face Harlequins in the first round of the Champions Cup.
"We've played well in patches - played really well in patches and not so well in others," assessed McFarland.
"We had a tough trip to South Africa, a tough game against Cheetahs, who were coming off the back of the Currie Cup and playing some excellent rugby, but on the whole you have to pleased with 19 points of the back of five games.
"And now we have a tough assignment against Munster and we'll see how that goes".
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