diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser.rb
index 2e04418..d8295dc 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module DiasporaFederation
       def parse(root_node)
         from_xml_sanity_validation(root_node)
 
-        hash = root_node.element_children.map {|child|
+        hash = root_node.element_children.uniq(&:name).map {|child|
           xml_name = child.name
           property = entity_type.find_property_for_xml_name(xml_name)
           if property
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser_spec.rb
index fdcf4b6..9183314 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/parsers/xml_parser_spec.rb
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ XML
           expect(parsed[0][:multi].first.to_h).to eq(child_entity2.to_h)
           expect(parsed[0][:asdf]).to eq("QWERT")
         end
+
+        it "parses array entities only once" do
+          expect(Entities::OtherEntity).to receive(:from_xml).twice.and_call_original
+
+          parsed = Parsers::XmlParser.new(Entities::TestNestedEntity).parse(nested_payload)
+
+          expect(parsed[0][:multi]).to have(2).items
+        end
       end
 
       it "doesn't drop extra properties" do