diff --git a/src/libs/OptionsListUtils.ts b/src/libs/OptionsListUtils.ts
index 5bed8780c10a..cc5eca7e202c 100644
--- a/src/libs/OptionsListUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/OptionsListUtils.ts
@@ -1859,6 +1859,9 @@ function filterAndOrderOptions(options: Options, searchInputValue: string, confi
 
     let {recentReports: filteredReports, personalDetails: filteredPersonalDetails} = filterResult;
 
+    // on staging server, in specific cases (see issue) BE returns duplicated personalDetails entries
+    filteredPersonalDetails = filteredPersonalDetails.filter((detail, index, array) => array.findIndex((i) => i.login === detail.login) === index);
+
     if (typeof config?.maxRecentReportsToShow === 'number') {
         filteredReports = orderReportOptionsWithSearch(filteredReports, searchInputValue, config);
         filteredReports = filteredReports.slice(0, config.maxRecentReportsToShow);
diff --git a/tests/unit/OptionsListUtilsTest.ts b/tests/unit/OptionsListUtilsTest.ts
index 8916b7c3bac8..39406e6a0995 100644
--- a/tests/unit/OptionsListUtilsTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/OptionsListUtilsTest.ts
@@ -987,6 +987,21 @@ describe('OptionsListUtils', () => {
                     expect(filteredResults.recentReports.at(0)?.text).toBe('The Flash');
                 });
         });
+
+        it('should filter out duplicated entries by login', () => {
+            const login = 'brucebanner@expensify.com';
+
+            // Duplicate personalDetails entries and reassign to OPTIONS
+            OPTIONS.personalDetails = OPTIONS.personalDetails.flatMap((obj) => [obj, {...obj}]);
+
+            const options = OptionsListUtils.getSearchOptions(OPTIONS, [CONST.BETAS.ALL]);
+            const filteredOptions = OptionsListUtils.filterAndOrderOptions(options, '');
+            const matchingEntries = filteredOptions.personalDetails.filter((detail) => detail.login === login);
+
+            // There should be 2 unique login entries
+            expect(filteredOptions.personalDetails.length).toBe(2);
+            expect(matchingEntries.length).toBe(1);
+        });
     });
 
     describe('canCreateOptimisticPersonalDetailOption', () => {