diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/hooks.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/hooks.ts
index f7a65ef8f25..bf36365d31a 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/hooks.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/hooks.ts
@@ -568,6 +568,21 @@ export function getHotHooks(wbView: WbView) {
           10
         );
     },
+
+    /*
+     * Disallow user from selecting several times the same cell
+     */
+    afterSelection: () => {
+      if (wbView.hot === undefined) return;
+      const selection = wbView.hot?.getSelected() ?? [];
+      const newSelection = f
+        .unique(selection.map((row) => JSON.stringify(row)))
+        .map((row) => JSON.parse(row));
+      if (newSelection.length !== selection.length) {
+        wbView.hot?.deselectCell();
+        wbView.hot?.selectCells(newSelection);
+      }
+    },
   });
 }