diff --git a/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client.go b/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client.go
index d21513f115..0c2136801f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client.go
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ func (a *S3ObjectClient) PutObject(ctx context.Context, objectKey string, object
 func (a *S3ObjectClient) List(ctx context.Context, prefix, delimiter string) ([]client.StorageObject, []client.StorageCommonPrefix, error) {
 	var storageObjects []client.StorageObject
 	var commonPrefixes []client.StorageCommonPrefix
+	var commonPrefixesSet = make(map[string]bool)
 
 	for i := range a.bucketNames {
 		err := loki_instrument.TimeRequest(ctx, "S3.List", s3RequestDuration, instrument.ErrorCode, func(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -428,7 +429,10 @@ func (a *S3ObjectClient) List(ctx context.Context, prefix, delimiter string) ([]
 				}
 
 				for _, commonPrefix := range output.CommonPrefixes {
-					commonPrefixes = append(commonPrefixes, client.StorageCommonPrefix(aws.StringValue(commonPrefix.Prefix)))
+					if !commonPrefixesSet[aws.StringValue(commonPrefix.Prefix)] {
+						commonPrefixes = append(commonPrefixes, client.StorageCommonPrefix(aws.StringValue(commonPrefix.Prefix)))
+						commonPrefixesSet[aws.StringValue(commonPrefix.Prefix)] = true
+					}
 				}
 
 				if output.IsTruncated == nil || !*output.IsTruncated {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client_test.go b/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client_test.go
index 00ec9eba40..769f8cf006 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/chunk/client/aws/s3_storage_client_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/storage/chunk/client/hedging"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3/s3iface"
 )
 
 type RoundTripperFunc func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
@@ -195,3 +200,23 @@ session_token: session token
 	require.Equal(t, underTest.SessionToken.String(), "session token")
 
 }
+
+type testCommonPrefixesS3Client struct {
+	s3iface.S3API
+}
+
+func (m *testCommonPrefixesS3Client) ListObjectsV2WithContext(aws.Context, *s3.ListObjectsV2Input, ...request.Option) (*s3.ListObjectsV2Output, error) {
+	var commonPrefixes []*s3.CommonPrefix
+	commonPrefix := "common-prefix-repeated/"
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		commonPrefixes = append(commonPrefixes, &s3.CommonPrefix{Prefix: aws.String(commonPrefix)})
+	}
+	return &s3.ListObjectsV2Output{CommonPrefixes: commonPrefixes, IsTruncated: aws.Bool(false)}, nil
+}
+
+func TestCommonPrefixes(t *testing.T) {
+	s3 := S3ObjectClient{S3: &testCommonPrefixesS3Client{}, bucketNames: []string{"bucket"}}
+	_, CommonPrefixes, err := s3.List(context.Background(), "", "/")
+	require.Equal(t, nil, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(CommonPrefixes))
+}