diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 03e73f323a..5148ec5527 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -745,15 +745,22 @@ struct commit_list *reduce_heads(struct commit_list *heads)
 	for (p = heads; p; p = p->next) {
 		struct commit_list *q, *base;
 
+		/* Do we already have this in the result? */
+		for (q = result; q; q = q->next)
+			if (p->item == q->item)
+				break;
+		if (q)
+			continue;
+
 		num_other = 0;
 		for (q = heads; q; q = q->next) {
 			if (p->item == q->item)
 				continue;
 			other[num_other++] = q->item;
 		}
-		if (num_other) {
+		if (num_other)
 			base = get_merge_bases_many(p->item, num_other, other, 1);
-		} else
+		else
 			base = NULL;
 		/*
 		 * If p->item does not have anything common with other
diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
index f035ea376e..d4cf6289a4 100755
--- a/t/t7600-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
@@ -490,4 +490,26 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c0, c2, c0, and c1' '
 
 test_debug 'gitk --all'
 
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c0, c2, c0, and c1' '
+       git reset --hard c1 &&
+       git config branch.master.mergeoptions "" &&
+       test_tick &&
+       git merge c0 c2 c0 c1 &&
+       verify_merge file result.1-5 &&
+       verify_parents $c1 $c2
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c1 and c2' '
+       git reset --hard c1 &&
+       git config branch.master.mergeoptions "" &&
+       test_tick &&
+       git merge c1 c2 &&
+       verify_merge file result.1-5 &&
+       verify_parents $c1 $c2
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
 test_done