diff --git a/cpp/src/io/csv/reader_impl.cu b/cpp/src/io/csv/reader_impl.cu
index 71391c8c444..c5ffd75341e 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/csv/reader_impl.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/csv/reader_impl.cu
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <numeric>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <unordered_set>
 
 using std::string;
 using std::vector;
@@ -336,13 +337,18 @@ table_with_metadata reader::impl::read(rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
     for (const auto index : opts_.get_use_cols_indexes()) {
       column_flags_[index] = column_parse::enabled;
     }
-    num_active_cols_ = opts_.get_use_cols_indexes().size();
+    num_active_cols_ = std::unordered_set<int>(opts_.get_use_cols_indexes().begin(),
+                                               opts_.get_use_cols_indexes().end())
+                         .size();
 
     for (const auto &name : opts_.get_use_cols_names()) {
       const auto it = std::find(col_names_.begin(), col_names_.end(), name);
       if (it != col_names_.end()) {
-        column_flags_[it - col_names_.begin()] = column_parse::enabled;
-        num_active_cols_++;
+        auto curr_it = it - col_names_.begin();
+        if (column_flags_[curr_it] == column_parse::disabled) {
+          column_flags_[curr_it] = column_parse::enabled;
+          num_active_cols_++;
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
index 8996dd95e06..9c3a9a1b015 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
@@ -527,6 +527,42 @@ TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, MultiColumn)
   expect_column_data_equal(float64_values, view.column(14));
 }
 
+TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, RepeatColumn)
+{
+  constexpr auto num_rows = 10;
+  auto int16_values       = random_values<int16_t>(num_rows);
+  auto int64_values       = random_values<int64_t>(num_rows);
+  auto uint64_values      = random_values<uint64_t>(num_rows);
+  auto float32_values     = random_values<float>(num_rows);
+
+  auto filepath = temp_env->get_temp_dir() + "RepeatColumn.csv";
+  {
+    std::ostringstream line;
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_rows; ++i) {
+      line << int16_values[i] << "," << int64_values[i] << "," << uint64_values[i] << ","
+           << float32_values[i] << "\n";
+    }
+    std::ofstream outfile(filepath, std::ofstream::out);
+    outfile << line.str();
+  }
+
+  // repeats column in indexes and names, misses 1 column.
+  cudf_io::csv_reader_options in_opts =
+    cudf_io::csv_reader_options::builder(cudf_io::source_info{filepath})
+      .dtypes(std::vector<std::string>{"int16", "int64", "uint64", "float"})
+      .names({"A", "B", "C", "D"})
+      .use_cols_indexes({1, 0, 0})
+      .use_cols_names({"D", "B", "B"})
+      .header(-1);
+  auto result = cudf_io::read_csv(in_opts);
+
+  const auto view = result.tbl->view();
+  EXPECT_EQ(3, view.num_columns());
+  expect_column_data_equal(int16_values, view.column(0));
+  expect_column_data_equal(int64_values, view.column(1));
+  expect_column_data_equal(float32_values, view.column(2));
+}
+
 TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, Booleans)
 {
   auto filepath = temp_env->get_temp_dir() + "Booleans.csv";