diff --git a/src/resolvelib/providers.py b/src/resolvelib/providers.py
index 524e3d8..061d354 100644
--- a/src/resolvelib/providers.py
+++ b/src/resolvelib/providers.py
@@ -194,3 +194,30 @@ def narrow_requirement_selection(
             Iterable[KT]: A non-empty subset of `identifiers`.
         """
         return identifiers
+
+    def disjoint(
+        self, backtrack_causes: Sequence[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]
+    ) -> Sequence[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]:
+        """Filter backtrack causes to retain only disjoint instances.
+
+        Given a sequence of backtrack causes, return those that are disjoint.
+        This filtered sequence will attached to the resolution state, passed to
+        the provider methods `get_preference` and `narrow_requirement_selection`,
+        and the reporter method `resolving_conflicts`.
+
+        :param backtrack_causes: A sequence of *requirement information* that are
+            the requirements causing the resolver to most recently
+            backtrack.
+
+        A *requirement information* instance is a named tuple with two members:
+
+        * ``requirement`` specifies a requirement contributing to the current
+          list of candidates.
+        * ``parent`` specifies the candidate that provides (is depended on for)
+          the requirement, or ``None`` to indicate a root requirement.
+
+        Returns:
+            Sequence[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]: A subset of at least two
+            disjoint `backtrack_causes`.
+        """
+        return backtrack_causes
diff --git a/src/resolvelib/resolvers/resolution.py b/src/resolvelib/resolvers/resolution.py
index da3c66e..0d5277b 100644
--- a/src/resolvelib/resolvers/resolution.py
+++ b/src/resolvelib/resolvers/resolution.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import collections
 import itertools
 import operator
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Collection, Generic, Iterable, Mapping
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Collection, Generic, Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
 
 from ..structs import (
     CT,
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def _patch_criteria(
             )
         return True
 
-    def _backjump(self, causes: list[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]) -> bool:
+    def _backjump(self, causes: Sequence[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]) -> bool:
         """Perform backjumping.
 
         When we enter here, the stack is like this::
@@ -365,9 +365,16 @@ def _backjump(self, causes: list[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]) -> bool:
 
     def _extract_causes(
         self, criteron: list[Criterion[RT, CT]]
-    ) -> list[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]:
+    ) -> Sequence[RequirementInformation[RT, CT]]:
         """Extract causes from list of criterion and deduplicate"""
-        return list({id(i): i for c in criteron for i in c.information}.values())
+        causes = list({id(i): i for c in criteron for i in c.information}.values())
+
+        # Two causes *should* always be disjoint, so only check for
+        # disjoint causes when there are more than two
+        if len(causes) > 2:
+            return self._p.disjoint(causes)
+
+        return causes
 
     def resolve(self, requirements: Iterable[RT], max_rounds: int) -> State[RT, CT, KT]:
         if self._states: