diff --git a/filemin/filemin-lib.pl b/filemin/filemin-lib.pl
index 9ed3bddbb..7aea82838 100644
--- a/filemin/filemin-lib.pl
+++ b/filemin/filemin-lib.pl
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ sub get_paths {
         @allowed_paths = map { $_ eq '$HOME' ? @remote_user_info[7] : $_ }
                              @allowed_paths;
         @allowed_paths = map { s/\$USER/$remote_user/g; $_ } @allowed_paths;
+        @allowed_paths = &unique(@allowed_paths);
         if (scalar(@allowed_paths) == 1) {
             $base = $allowed_paths[0];
         } else {