diff --git a/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtils.java b/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtils.java
index 6f677a610f..2e540dda97 100644
--- a/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtils.java
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.test.context;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ abstract class ContextLoaderUtils {
 				annotationType, clazz));
 		}
 
-		List<String> profilesList = new ArrayList<String>();
+		final Set<String> activeProfiles = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
 
 		while (declaringClass != null) {
 			ActivateProfiles activateProfiles = declaringClass.getAnnotation(annotationType);
@@ -253,19 +254,9 @@ abstract class ContextLoaderUtils {
 				profiles = valueProfiles;
 			}
 
-			if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(profiles)) {
-
-				// Preserve the order in which the profiles were declared by
-				// reversing the array. This is necessary since we prepend each
-				// non-empty element to the aggregated list as we traverse the
-				// class hierarchy. Note that the following works because
-				// Arrays.asList() "writes through" to the underlying array.
-				Collections.reverse(Arrays.<String> asList(profiles));
-
-				for (String profile : profiles) {
-					if (StringUtils.hasText(profile)) {
-						profilesList.add(0, profile);
-					}
+			for (String profile : profiles) {
+				if (StringUtils.hasText(profile)) {
+					activeProfiles.add(profile);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -273,7 +264,7 @@ abstract class ContextLoaderUtils {
 				annotationType, declaringClass.getSuperclass()) : null;
 		}
 
-		return profilesList.toArray(new String[profilesList.size()]);
+		return StringUtils.toStringArray(activeProfiles);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtilsTests.java b/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtilsTests.java
index 333422fe67..7242ea7552 100644
--- a/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtilsTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextLoaderUtilsTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.test.context;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -50,6 +54,18 @@ public class ContextLoaderUtilsTests {
 		assertEquals(0, profiles.length);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void resolveActivatedProfilesWithDuplicatedProfiles() {
+		String[] profiles = ContextLoaderUtils.resolveActivatedProfiles(DuplicatedProfiles.class);
+		assertNotNull(profiles);
+		assertEquals(3, profiles.length);
+
+		List<String> list = Arrays.asList(profiles);
+		assertTrue(list.contains("foo"));
+		assertTrue(list.contains("bar"));
+		assertTrue(list.contains("baz"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void resolveActivatedProfilesWithLocalAnnotation() {
 		String[] profiles = ContextLoaderUtils.resolveActivatedProfiles(Foo.class);
@@ -71,8 +87,10 @@ public class ContextLoaderUtilsTests {
 		String[] profiles = ContextLoaderUtils.resolveActivatedProfiles(Bar.class);
 		assertNotNull(profiles);
 		assertEquals(2, profiles.length);
-		assertEquals("foo", profiles[0]);
-		assertEquals("bar", profiles[1]);
+
+		List<String> list = Arrays.asList(profiles);
+		assertTrue(list.contains("foo"));
+		assertTrue(list.contains("bar"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -80,8 +98,10 @@ public class ContextLoaderUtilsTests {
 		String[] profiles = ContextLoaderUtils.resolveActivatedProfiles(Animals.class);
 		assertNotNull(profiles);
 		assertEquals(2, profiles.length);
-		assertEquals("dog", profiles[0]);
-		assertEquals("cat", profiles[1]);
+
+		List<String> list = Arrays.asList(profiles);
+		assertTrue(list.contains("dog"));
+		assertTrue(list.contains("cat"));
 	}
 
 
@@ -96,6 +116,10 @@ public class ContextLoaderUtilsTests {
 	private static class EmptyProfiles {
 	}
 
+	@ActivateProfiles({ "foo", "bar", "foo", "bar", "baz" })
+	private static class DuplicatedProfiles {
+	}
+
 	@ActivateProfiles(profiles = "foo")
 	private static class Foo {
 	}