diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_link_nvidia_host_libraries.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_link_nvidia_host_libraries.yml
index b602427eed..22ebc21084 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_link_nvidia_host_libraries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_link_nvidia_host_libraries.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ jobs:
         # List dir with libraries
         echo "Showing content of /tmp/nvidia_libs"
         echo "$(ls -l /tmp/nvidia_libs)"
+        echo "Showing content of /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate"
+        echo "$(ls -l /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate)"
         echo "Showing content of /opt/eessi/nvidia/x86_64/host"
         echo "$(ls -l /opt/eessi/nvidia/x86_64/host)"
 
@@ -152,9 +154,9 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
           
-          # Verify it points to our mock library in /tmp/nvidia_libs
-          if [[ "$target" != "/tmp/nvidia_libs/$lib"* && "$target" != *"/tmp/nvidia_libs/"* ]]; then
-            echo "Error: Symlink $lib_path points to $target, which is not in our mock directory"
+          # Verify it points to our mock library in /tmp/nvidia_libs or /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate
+          if [[ "$target" != "/tmp/nvidia_libs/$lib"* && "$target" != "/tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/$lib"* ]]; then
+            echo "Error: Symlink $lib_path points to $target, which is not in our mock directories"
             exit 1
           fi
           
@@ -194,3 +196,4 @@ jobs:
         echo "$output" | grep "have already been linked" || { echo "Missing 'already linked' message"; exit 1; }
         
         echo "Second normal run test passed"
+        
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/link_nvidia_host_libraries.sh b/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/link_nvidia_host_libraries.sh
index dbc672b827..27447341fd 100755
--- a/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/link_nvidia_host_libraries.sh
+++ b/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/link_nvidia_host_libraries.sh
@@ -402,8 +402,34 @@ find_cuda_libraries_on_host() {
 
         if [ -n "$matched" ]; then
             log_verbose "Found matches for ${library}: $matched"
-            # Do not quote $matched, since it can contain multiple libraries split by \n!
-            MATCHED_LIBRARIES+=($matched)
+            
+            # Process each matched library and avoid duplicates by filename
+            # Used `while - read <<< $matched`` to handle whitespaces and special characters.
+            while IFS= read -r lib_path; do
+                # Skip empty lines
+                [ -z "$lib_path" ] && continue
+                
+                # Extract just the filename from the path
+                lib_name=$(basename "$lib_path")
+                echo "Checking library $lib_name for duplicates"
+                
+                # Check if we already have this library filename in our matched libraries
+                duplicate_found=0
+                for existing_lib in "${MATCHED_LIBRARIES[@]}"; do
+                    existing_name=$(basename "$existing_lib")
+                    if [ "$existing_name" = "$lib_name" ]; then
+                        log_verbose "Duplicate library found: $lib_name (existing: $existing_lib, currently processed: $lib_path)"
+                        log_verbose "Discarting $lib_path"
+                        duplicate_found=1
+                        break
+                    fi
+                done
+                
+                # If no duplicate found, add this library
+                if [ "$duplicate_found" -eq 0 ]; then
+                    MATCHED_LIBRARIES+=("$lib_path")
+                fi
+            done <<< "$matched"
         else
             # There are some libraries, that weren't matched/found on the system
             log_verbose "No matches found for ${library}"
@@ -484,6 +510,22 @@ symlink_mode () {
         # Loop over each matched library
         for library in "${MATCHED_LIBRARIES[@]}"; do
             log_verbose "Linking library: ${library}"
+            
+            # Get just the library filename
+            lib_name=$(basename "$library")
+            
+            # Check if the symlink already exists
+            if [ -L "$lib_name" ]; then
+                # Check if it's pointing to the same target
+                target=$(readlink "$lib_name")
+                if [ "$target" = "$library" ]; then
+                    log_verbose "Symlink for $lib_name already exists and points to correct target"
+                    continue
+                else
+                    log_verbose "Symlink for $lib_name exists but points to wrong target: $target, updating..."
+                    rm "$lib_name"
+                fi
+            fi
     
             # Create a symlink in the current directory
             # and check if the symlink was created successfully
diff --git a/tests/nvidia-libs/mock-nvidia-libs.sh b/tests/nvidia-libs/mock-nvidia-libs.sh
index f18c988918..cdf5f5ca9a 100644
--- a/tests/nvidia-libs/mock-nvidia-libs.sh
+++ b/tests/nvidia-libs/mock-nvidia-libs.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Setup script to create fake NVIDIA libraries for testing
 
-# Create directory for fake NVIDIA libraries
+# Create directories for fake NVIDIA libraries
 mkdir -p /tmp/nvidia_libs
+mkdir -p /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate
 
 # Create common NVIDIA libraries with minimal content
 libraries=(
@@ -27,6 +28,16 @@ for lib in "${libraries[@]}"; do
         base_lib=$(echo "$lib" | sed 's/\.so\.[0-9]*/.so/')
         ln -sf "/tmp/nvidia_libs/$lib" "/tmp/nvidia_libs/$base_lib"
     fi
+    
+    # Create duplicate libraries in a different location
+    if [[ "$lib" == "libcuda.so.1" || "$lib" == "libnvidia-ml.so.1" ]]; then
+        echo "This is a duplicate $lib for testing purposes" > "/tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/$lib"
+        chmod +x "/tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/$lib"
+        if [[ "$lib" == *".so."* ]]; then
+            base_lib=$(echo "$lib" | sed 's/\.so\.[0-9]*/.so/')
+            ln -sf "/tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/$lib" "/tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/$base_lib"
+        fi
+    fi
 done
 
 # Create a fake ldconfig cache that points to our fake libraries
@@ -38,11 +49,15 @@ cat > /tmp/ldconfig/ldconfig << 'EOF'
 # Fake ldconfig command that returns our fake libraries
 
 if [ "$1" = "-p" ]; then
-    # Simulate ldconfig -p output
+    # Simulate ldconfig -p output with duplicate entries
     echo "libcuda.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs/libcuda.so.1"
+    echo "libcuda.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/libcuda.so.1"
     echo "libcuda.so (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs/libcuda.so"
+    echo "libcuda.so (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/libcuda.so"
     echo "libnvidia-ml.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs/libnvidia-ml.so.1"
+    echo "libnvidia-ml.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/libnvidia-ml.so.1"
     echo "libnvidia-ml.so (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs/libnvidia-ml.so"
+    echo "libnvidia-ml.so (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs_duplicate/libnvidia-ml.so"
     echo "libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs/libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler.so.1"
     echo "libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler.so (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs/libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler.so"
     echo "libOpenCL.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /tmp/nvidia_libs/libOpenCL.so.1"