diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master.c b/drivers/i3c/master.c
index c7bb52b71d88..abb582645a2e 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master.c
@@ -2545,7 +2545,8 @@ i3c_master_search_i3c_dev_duplicate(struct i3c_dev_desc *refdev)
 
 	i3c_bus_for_each_i3cdev(&master->bus, i3cdev) {
 		if (i3cdev != refdev && i3cdev->info.pid &&
-		    i3cdev->info.pid == refdev->info.pid)
+		    i3cdev->info.pid == refdev->info.pid &&
+		    i3cdev != master->this)
 			return i3cdev;
 	}