diff --git a/libsemanage/src/utilities.c b/libsemanage/src/utilities.c
index 349a4be9..a340fc85 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/utilities.c
+++ b/libsemanage/src/utilities.c
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ int semanage_list_push(semanage_list_t ** list, char *data)
 
 	if (!data)
 		return EINVAL;
+
+	if (semanage_list_find(*list, data) != NULL)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!(temp = malloc(sizeof(semanage_list_t))))
 		return ENOMEM;