diff --git a/src/core/ignore/GitIgnoreController.ts b/src/core/ignore/GitIgnoreController.ts
index ca1a89b91a..5141790504 100644
--- a/src/core/ignore/GitIgnoreController.ts
+++ b/src/core/ignore/GitIgnoreController.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export class GitIgnoreController extends BaseIgnoreController {
 			await this.findGitignoreFilesRecursively(this.cwd)
 
 			// Load any files discovered by recursion that weren't loaded yet
+			// De-duplicate discovered paths to avoid redundant loads
+			this.gitignoreFiles = Array.from(new Set(this.gitignoreFiles))
 			for (const p of this.gitignoreFiles) {
 				if (!this.gitignoreContents.has(p)) {
 					await this.loadGitignoreFile(p)
diff --git a/src/services/ripgrep/index.ts b/src/services/ripgrep/index.ts
index 3a2eb99e24..8ecf57d6a6 100644
--- a/src/services/ripgrep/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/ripgrep/index.ts
@@ -215,9 +215,12 @@ export async function regexSearchFiles(
 	// console.log(results)
 
 	// Filter results using both controllers if provided
-	const filteredResults = results
-		.filter((result) => gitIgnoreController?.validateAccess(result.file) ?? true)
-		.filter((result) => rooIgnoreController?.validateAccess(result.file) ?? true)
+	const filteredResults = results.filter((result) => {
+		const file = result.file
+		return (
+			(gitIgnoreController?.validateAccess(file) ?? true) && (rooIgnoreController?.validateAccess(file) ?? true)
+		)
+	})
 
 	return formatResults(filteredResults, cwd)
 }