diff --git a/src/command/command.c b/src/command/command.c
index 67bd8d43..fa9b2de7 100644
--- a/src/command/command.c
+++ b/src/command/command.c
@@ -3761,7 +3761,7 @@ _plugins_autocomplete(ProfWin *window, const char *const input)
     if ((strncmp(input, "/plugins load ", 14) == 0) && (strlen(input) > 14)) {
         if (plugins_load_ac == NULL) {
             plugins_load_ac = autocomplete_new();
-            GSList *plugins = plugins_file_list();
+            GSList *plugins = plugins_unloaded_list();
             GSList *curr = plugins;
             while (curr) {
                 autocomplete_add(plugins_load_ac, curr->data);
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.c b/src/plugins/plugins.c
index e2d0bdf3..dfe19eb8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.c
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.c
@@ -181,29 +181,30 @@ _get_plugins_dir(void)
 }
 
 void
-_plugins_list_dir(const gchar *const dir, GSList **result)
+_plugins_unloaded_list_dir(const gchar *const dir, GSList **result)
 {
-    GDir *plugins = g_dir_open(dir, 0, NULL);
-    if (plugins == NULL) {
+    GDir *plugins_dir = g_dir_open(dir, 0, NULL);
+    if (plugins_dir == NULL) {
         return;
     }
 
-    const gchar *plugin = g_dir_read_name(plugins);
+    const gchar *plugin = g_dir_read_name(plugins_dir);
     while (plugin) {
-        if (g_str_has_suffix(plugin, ".so") || g_str_has_suffix(plugin, ".py")) {
+        GSList *found = g_slist_find_custom(plugins, plugin, (GCompareFunc)_find_by_name);
+        if ((g_str_has_suffix(plugin, ".so") || g_str_has_suffix(plugin, ".py")) && !found) {
             *result = g_slist_append(*result, strdup(plugin));
         }
-        plugin = g_dir_read_name(plugins);
+        plugin = g_dir_read_name(plugins_dir);
     }
-    g_dir_close(plugins);
+    g_dir_close(plugins_dir);
 }
 
 GSList*
-plugins_file_list(void)
+plugins_unloaded_list(void)
 {
     GSList *result = NULL;
     char *plugins_dir = _get_plugins_dir();
-    _plugins_list_dir(plugins_dir, &result);
+    _plugins_unloaded_list_dir(plugins_dir, &result);
     free(plugins_dir);
 
     return result;
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.h b/src/plugins/plugins.h
index 85792674..d69719f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.h
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ typedef struct prof_plugin_t {
 
 void plugins_init(void);
 GSList* plugins_get_list(void);
-GSList *plugins_file_list(void);
+GSList *plugins_unloaded_list(void);
 char* plugins_autocomplete(const char *const input);
 void plugins_reset_autocomplete(void);
 void plugins_shutdown(void);