diff --git a/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/model/descriptors/RngNsDescriptor.java b/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/model/descriptors/RngNsDescriptor.java
index e6689ce9cf7b..2bed77f5299b 100644
--- a/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/model/descriptors/RngNsDescriptor.java
+++ b/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/model/descriptors/RngNsDescriptor.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public class RngNsDescriptor implements XmlNSDescriptorEx, Validator {
           dPatterns = new ArrayList<DElementPattern>();
           name2patterns.put(qName, dPatterns);
         }
-        dPatterns.add(pattern);
+        if (!dPatterns.contains(pattern)) dPatterns.add(pattern);
       }
     }