diff --git a/src/_pytest/main.py b/src/_pytest/main.py
index a6e860bb6..d8cd023cc 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/main.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/main.py
@@ -925,11 +925,12 @@ class Session(nodes.Collector):
                             # In case the file paths do not match, fallback to samefile() to
                             # account for short-paths on Windows (#11895).
                             same_file = os.path.samefile(node.path, matchparts[0])
-                            # we don't want to find links, so we at least
-                            # exclude symlinks to regular directories
-                            is_match = same_file and os.path.islink(
-                                node.path
-                            ) == os.path.islink(matchparts[0])
+                            # We don't want to match links to the current node,
+                            # otherwise we would match the same file more than once (#12039).
+                            is_match = same_file and (
+                                os.path.islink(node.path)
+                                == os.path.islink(matchparts[0])
+                            )
 
                     # Name part e.g. `TestIt` in `/a/b/test_file.py::TestIt::test_it`.
                     else: