diff --git a/src/lib/libdylink.js b/src/lib/libdylink.js
index 5cb86ee25dd64..230a17111e2a2 100644
--- a/src/lib/libdylink.js
+++ b/src/lib/libdylink.js
@@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ var LibraryDylink = {
      * @param {Object=} localScope
      */`,
   $loadDynamicLibrary: function(libName, flags = {global: true, nodelete: true}, localScope, handle) {
+    // Avoid duplicate LDSO entries from non-canonical paths (e.g. "sub/../lib.so")
+    libName = PATH.normalize(libName);
 #if DYLINK_DEBUG
     dbg(`loadDynamicLibrary: ${libName} handle: ${handle}`);
     dbg('existing:', Object.keys(LDSO.loadedLibsByName));
@@ -1280,7 +1282,6 @@ var LibraryDylink = {
 #if DYLINK_DEBUG
     dbg('dlopenInternal:', filename);
 #endif
-    filename = PATH.normalize(filename);
     var searchpaths = [];
 
     var global = Boolean(flags & {{{ cDefs.RTLD_GLOBAL }}});
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors1.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors1.json
index c41946e53f075..e448beaef3b75 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors1.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors1.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "a.out.js": 19555,
   "a.out.js.gz": 8102,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 132813,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 49862,
-  "total": 152368,
-  "total_gz": 57964,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 132865,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 49889,
+  "total": 152420,
+  "total_gz": 57991,
   "sent": [
     "__cxa_throw",
     "_abort_js",
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors2.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors2.json
index 18efe0a1dae85..1ae310d7bf07d 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors2.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_ctors2.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "a.out.js": 19532,
   "a.out.js.gz": 8087,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 132233,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 49515,
-  "total": 151765,
-  "total_gz": 57602,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 132285,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 49542,
+  "total": 151817,
+  "total_gz": 57629,
   "sent": [
     "__cxa_throw",
     "_abort_js",
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_lto.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_lto.json
index 68625e72f5a15..76bba51afeab1 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_lto.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_lto.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "a.out.js": 18902,
   "a.out.js.gz": 7782,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 102066,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 39421,
-  "total": 120968,
-  "total_gz": 47203,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 102126,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 39426,
+  "total": 121028,
+  "total_gz": 47208,
   "sent": [
     "a (emscripten_resize_heap)",
     "b (_setitimer_js)",
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_noexcept.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_noexcept.json
index 3a3adc6e6e5c9..a4019f2e47fd5 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_noexcept.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_noexcept.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "a.out.js": 19555,
   "a.out.js.gz": 8102,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 134820,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 50699,
-  "total": 154375,
-  "total_gz": 58801,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 134872,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 50724,
+  "total": 154427,
+  "total_gz": 58826,
   "sent": [
     "__cxa_throw",
     "_abort_js",
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_wasmfs.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_wasmfs.json
index 6ab72f046d4bd..f4faf7bc4bcb3 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_wasmfs.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_cxx_wasmfs.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "a.out.js": 7053,
   "a.out.js.gz": 3325,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 172891,
-  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 63277,
-  "total": 179944,
-  "total_gz": 66602,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 172943,
+  "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 63297,
+  "total": 179996,
+  "total_gz": 66622,
   "sent": [
     "__cxa_throw",
     "_abort_js",
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink.json
index cbd43f6d97db7..9dbea1c58fbd8 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "a.out.js": 26596,
-  "a.out.js.gz": 11356,
+  "a.out.js": 26604,
+  "a.out.js.gz": 11359,
   "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 17730,
   "a.out.nodebug.wasm.gz": 8957,
-  "total": 44326,
-  "total_gz": 20313,
+  "total": 44334,
+  "total_gz": 20316,
   "sent": [
     "__syscall_stat64",
     "emscripten_resize_heap",
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json
index 492d4a36d3de5..f8a597c2b6728 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "a.out.js": 244691,
+  "a.out.js": 244687,
   "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 577692,
-  "total": 822383,
+  "total": 822379,
   "sent": [
     "IMG_Init",
     "IMG_Load",
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind.json b/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind.json
index e47b52ea73673..054a709a8231f 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "a.html.gz": 371,
   "a.js": 7262,
   "a.js.gz": 3323,
-  "a.wasm": 7081,
-  "a.wasm.gz": 3250,
-  "total": 14891,
-  "total_gz": 6944
+  "a.wasm": 7098,
+  "a.wasm.gz": 3255,
+  "total": 14908,
+  "total_gz": 6949
 }
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind_val.json b/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind_val.json
index 01adce09a02a4..074910e28e3e6 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind_val.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_minimal_runtime_code_size_hello_embind_val.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "a.html.gz": 371,
   "a.js": 5353,
   "a.js.gz": 2522,
-  "a.wasm": 5786,
-  "a.wasm.gz": 2726,
-  "total": 11687,
-  "total_gz": 5619
+  "a.wasm": 5802,
+  "a.wasm.gz": 2732,
+  "total": 11703,
+  "total_gz": 5625
 }
diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index 037eca335cf0f..df5ac628ef32a 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -6884,6 +6884,58 @@ def _build(rpath_flag, expected, **kwds):
     # case 2) with rpath: success
     _build(['-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/subdir,-rpath,$ORIGIN'], "Hello\nHello_dep\nHello_nested_dep\nOk\n")
 
+  @also_with_wasmfs
+  def test_dlopen_rpath_no_duplicate_load(self):
+    # Test that a library loaded both directly and as a transitive dependency
+    # via $ORIGIN/.. rpath is not loaded twice. Without path normalization in
+    # loadDynamicLibrary, the LDSO would contain both "/usr/lib/libbase.so"
+    # and "/usr/lib/subdir/../libbase.so" as separate entries.
+    create_file('libbase.c', r'''
+    static int init_count = 0;
+    __attribute__((constructor))
+    void init() { init_count++; }
+    int base_func() { return 42; }
+    int get_init_count() { return init_count; }
+    ''')
+    create_file('libplugin.c', r'''
+    extern int base_func();
+    int plugin_func() { return base_func() + 1; }
+    ''')
+    create_file('main.c', r'''
+    #include <assert.h>
+    #include <stdio.h>
+    #include <dlfcn.h>
+
+    int main() {
+      void *hbase = dlopen("/usr/lib/libbase.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+      assert(hbase);
+
+      void *hplugin = dlopen("/usr/lib/subdir/libplugin.so", RTLD_NOW);
+      assert(hplugin);
+
+      int (*base_func)() = dlsym(hbase, "base_func");
+      int (*plugin_func)() = dlsym(hplugin, "plugin_func");
+      int (*get_init_count)() = dlsym(hbase, "get_init_count");
+
+      assert(base_func() == 42);
+      assert(plugin_func() == 43);
+      assert(get_init_count() == 1);
+
+      dlclose(hplugin);
+      dlclose(hbase);
+      printf("success\n");
+      return 0;
+    }
+    ''')
+    os.mkdir('subdir')
+    self.run_process([EMCC, '-o', 'libbase.so', 'libbase.c', '-sSIDE_MODULE'])
+    self.run_process([EMCC, '-o', 'subdir/libplugin.so', 'libplugin.c', '-sSIDE_MODULE', './libbase.so', '-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/..'])
+    self.do_runf('main.c', 'success\n',
+                 cflags=['--profiling-funcs', '-sMAIN_MODULE=2',
+                         '--embed-file', 'libbase.so@/usr/lib/libbase.so',
+                         '--embed-file', 'subdir/libplugin.so@/usr/lib/subdir/libplugin.so',
+                         '-L.', '-lbase', '-L./subdir', '-lplugin', '-sNO_AUTOLOAD_DYLIBS'])
+
   def test_dlopen_bad_flags(self):
     create_file('main.c', r'''
 #include <dlfcn.h>