diff --git a/src/main/java/org/testng/TestNG.java b/src/main/java/org/testng/TestNG.java
index d40c9803e8..c5ed96eb3b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/testng/TestNG.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/testng/TestNG.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 /**
  * This class is the main entry point for running tests in the TestNG framework.
  * Users can create their own TestNG object and invoke it in many different
- * ways:
+ * ways
  * <ul>
  * <li>On an existing testng.xml
  * <li>On a synthetic testng.xml, created entirely from Java
@@ -275,23 +275,27 @@ public void initializeSuitesAndJarFile() {
 
     m_isInitialized = true;
     if (m_suites.size() > 0) {
-    	//to parse the suite files (<suite-file>), if any
-    	for (XmlSuite s: m_suites) {
-        for (String suiteFile : s.getSuiteFiles()) {
-            Path rootPath = Paths.get(s.getFileName()).getParent();
-            try {
-                Collection<XmlSuite> childSuites = getParser(rootPath.resolve(suiteFile).normalize().toString()).parse();
-                for (XmlSuite cSuite : childSuites){
-                    cSuite.setParentSuite(s);
-                    s.getChildSuites().add(cSuite);
-                }
-            } catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException | SAXException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace(System.out);
-            }
-        }
-
-    	}
-      return;
+	    //to parse the suite files (<suite-file>), if any
+		for (XmlSuite s: m_suites) {
+		   for (String suiteFile : s.getSuiteFiles()) {
+			   Path suitePath = Paths.get(s.getFileName()).getParent();
+	        	try {
+	        		Collection<XmlSuite> childSuites = getParser(suitePath.resolve(suiteFile).normalize().toString()).parse();
+	        		for (XmlSuite cSuite : childSuites){
+	        			Path childSuite = Paths.get(cSuite.getFileName()).normalize();
+	        			Path parentSuite = Paths.get(suiteFile).normalize();
+	        			if(!childSuite.getFileName().equals(parentSuite.getFileName()))
+	        			{
+	        				cSuite.setParentSuite(s);
+	        				s.getChildSuites().add(cSuite);
+	        			}
+	        		}
+	            } catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException | SAXException e) {
+	                e.printStackTrace(System.out);
+	            }
+		      }
+	    	}
+	    return;
     }
 
     //
@@ -1012,13 +1016,13 @@ private void checkSuiteNames(List<XmlSuite> suites) {
   private void checkSuiteNamesInternal(List<XmlSuite> suites, Set<String> names) {
     for (XmlSuite suite : suites) {
       final String name = suite.getName();
-
       int count = 0;
+      
       String tmpName = name;
       while (names.contains(tmpName)) {
         tmpName = name + " (" + count++ + ")";
       }
-
+      
       if (count > 0) {
         suite.setName(tmpName);
         names.add(tmpName);
diff --git a/src/test/java/test/sanitycheck/CheckSuiteNamesTest.java b/src/test/java/test/sanitycheck/CheckSuiteNamesTest.java
index f8cc1ad65b..269184a6db 100644
--- a/src/test/java/test/sanitycheck/CheckSuiteNamesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/test/sanitycheck/CheckSuiteNamesTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@
 import org.testng.xml.XmlSuite;
 import org.testng.xml.XmlTest;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
 import test.SimpleBaseTest;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 public class CheckSuiteNamesTest extends SimpleBaseTest {
@@ -81,4 +88,26 @@ public void checkXmlSuiteAddition() throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXExce
     tng.setXmlSuites(parser.parseToList());
     tng.initializeSuitesAndJarFile();		
   }
+  
+  @Test(description = "Verify that same suite is not added multiple times")
+  public void validateDuplicateSuiteAddition() throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException, IOException
+  {
+	SuiteListner suiteListner = new SuiteListner();
+	TestNG tng = create();
+	String testngXmlPath = getPathToResource("sanitycheck/test-s-b.xml");
+	Parser parser = new Parser(testngXmlPath);
+	tng.setXmlSuites(parser.parseToList());
+	tng.addListener(suiteListner);
+	tng.run();
+	
+    Set<String> allSuite = new HashSet<String>();
+    List<XmlSuite> ranSuites = suiteListner.getAllTestSuite();
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals(ranSuites.size(), 3, "Correct number of suites ran");
+    for(XmlSuite suite : ranSuites)
+    {
+    	Assert.assertTrue(allSuite.add(suite.getFileName()), 
+    			String.format("No duplicate of suite %s added", suite.getFileName()));
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/test/sanitycheck/SuiteListner.java b/src/test/java/test/sanitycheck/SuiteListner.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acb4da4933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/test/sanitycheck/SuiteListner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package test.sanitycheck;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.testng.ISuite;
+import org.testng.ISuiteListener;
+import org.testng.xml.XmlSuite;
+
+public class SuiteListner implements ISuiteListener {
+
+	private List<XmlSuite> allSuite = new ArrayList<XmlSuite>();
+	
+	@Override
+	public void onStart(ISuite suite) {
+		allSuite.add(suite.getXmlSuite());	
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void onFinish(ISuite suite) {
+		
+	}
+	
+	public List<XmlSuite> getAllTestSuite(){
+		return allSuite;
+	}
+
+}