diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter.go
index 63958b77449..b8fb8675fbb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func Filter(user *models.SignedInUser, sqlID, prefix string, actions ...string)
 		if len(ids) == 0 {
 			return denyQuery, nil
 		}
-		for _, id := range ids {
+		for id := range ids {
 			result[id] += 1
 		}
 	}
@@ -84,14 +84,15 @@ func Filter(user *models.SignedInUser, sqlID, prefix string, actions ...string)
 	return SQLFilter{query.String(), ids}, nil
 }
 
-func parseScopes(prefix string, scopes []string) (ids []int64, hasWildcard bool) {
+func parseScopes(prefix string, scopes []string) (ids map[int64]struct{}, hasWildcard bool) {
+	ids = make(map[int64]struct{})
 	for _, scope := range scopes {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(scope, prefix) || scope == "*" {
 			if id := strings.TrimPrefix(scope, prefix); id == "*" || id == ":*" || id == ":id:*" {
 				return nil, true
 			}
 			if id, err := parseScopeID(scope); err == nil {
-				ids = append(ids, id)
+				ids[id] = struct{}{}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter_test.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter_test.go
index 121e0226c85..ac5dc67adf2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/filter_test.go
@@ -129,6 +129,18 @@ func TestFilter_Datasources(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedDataSources: []string{},
 			expectErr:           false,
 		},
+		{
+			desc:    "expect to not crash if duplicates in the scope",
+			sqlID:   "data_source.id",
+			prefix:  "datasources",
+			actions: []string{"datasources:read", "datasources:write"},
+			permissions: map[string][]string{
+				"datasources:read":  {"datasources:id:3", "datasources:id:7", "datasources:id:8", "datasources:id:3", "datasources:id:8"},
+				"datasources:write": {"datasources:id:3", "datasources:id:7"},
+			},
+			expectedDataSources: []string{"ds:3", "ds:7"},
+			expectErr:           false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// set sqlIDAcceptList before running tests