diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/FetchCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/FetchCommandTest.java
index 4a89a84ca..062285182 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/FetchCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/FetchCommandTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.StoredConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchResult;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TagOpt;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TrackingRefUpdate;
@@ -270,4 +271,48 @@ public class FetchCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertEquals(RefUpdate.Result.FORCED, update.getResult());
 		assertEquals(tagRef2.getObjectId(), db.resolve(tagName));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void fetchAddRefsWithDuplicateRefspec() throws Exception {
+		final String branchName = "branch";
+		final String remoteBranchName = "test/" + branchName;
+		remoteGit.commit().setMessage("commit").call();
+		Ref branchRef = remoteGit.branchCreate().setName(branchName).call();
+
+		final String spec1 = "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/test/*";
+		final String spec2 = "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/test/*";
+		final StoredConfig config = db.getConfig();
+		RemoteConfig remoteConfig = new RemoteConfig(config, "test");
+		remoteConfig.addFetchRefSpec(new RefSpec(spec1));
+		remoteConfig.addFetchRefSpec(new RefSpec(spec2));
+		remoteConfig.update(config);
+
+		git.fetch().setRemote("test").setRefSpecs(spec1).call();
+		assertEquals(branchRef.getObjectId(), db.resolve(remoteBranchName));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void fetchPruneRefsWithDuplicateRefspec()
+			throws Exception {
+		final String branchName = "branch";
+		final String remoteBranchName = "test/" + branchName;
+		remoteGit.commit().setMessage("commit").call();
+		Ref branchRef = remoteGit.branchCreate().setName(branchName).call();
+
+		final String spec1 = "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/test/*";
+		final String spec2 = "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/test/*";
+		final StoredConfig config = db.getConfig();
+		RemoteConfig remoteConfig = new RemoteConfig(config, "test");
+		remoteConfig.addFetchRefSpec(new RefSpec(spec1));
+		remoteConfig.addFetchRefSpec(new RefSpec(spec2));
+		remoteConfig.update(config);
+
+		git.fetch().setRemote("test").setRefSpecs(spec1).call();
+		assertEquals(branchRef.getObjectId(), db.resolve(remoteBranchName));
+
+		remoteGit.branchDelete().setBranchNames(branchName).call();
+		git.fetch().setRemote("test").setRefSpecs(spec1)
+				.setRemoveDeletedRefs(true).call();
+		assertNull(db.resolve(remoteBranchName));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/FetchProcess.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/FetchProcess.java
index dd26fe59a..39f0eea27 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/FetchProcess.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/FetchProcess.java
@@ -481,12 +481,14 @@ class FetchProcess {
 
 	private void deleteStaleTrackingRefs(FetchResult result,
 			BatchRefUpdate batch) throws IOException {
+		final Set<Ref> processed = new HashSet<>();
 		for (final Ref ref : localRefs().values()) {
 			final String refname = ref.getName();
 			for (final RefSpec spec : toFetch) {
 				if (spec.matchDestination(refname)) {
 					final RefSpec s = spec.expandFromDestination(refname);
-					if (result.getAdvertisedRef(s.getSource()) == null) {
+					if (result.getAdvertisedRef(s.getSource()) == null
+							&& processed.add(ref)) {
 						deleteTrackingRef(result, batch, s, ref);
 					}
 				}