diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_impl.cc b/source/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_impl.cc
index 876060592eb3..e8f9c49a11e5 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_impl.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_impl.cc
@@ -100,8 +100,18 @@ void RateLimitClientImpl::onReceiveMessage(RateLimitQuotaResponsePtr&& response)
       switch (action.bucket_action_case()) {
       case envoy::service::rate_limit_quota::v3::RateLimitQuotaResponse_BucketAction::
           kQuotaAssignmentAction: {
-        quota_buckets_[bucket_id]->cached_action = action;
+        absl::optional<BucketAction> cached_action = quota_buckets_[bucket_id]->cached_action;
         quota_buckets_[bucket_id]->current_assignment_time = time_source_.monotonicTime();
+
+        if (cached_action.has_value() &&
+            Protobuf::util::MessageDifferencer::Equals(*cached_action, action)) {
+          ENVOY_LOG(debug,
+                    "Cached action matches the incoming response so only TTL is updated for bucket "
+                    "id: {}",
+                    bucket_id);
+          break;
+        }
+        quota_buckets_[bucket_id]->cached_action = action;
         if (quota_buckets_[bucket_id]->cached_action->has_quota_assignment_action()) {
           auto rate_limit_strategy = quota_buckets_[bucket_id]
                                          ->cached_action->quota_assignment_action()
diff --git a/test/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_test.cc b/test/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_test.cc
index 336b47b7fff5..2765f7e53c54 100644
--- a/test/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_test.cc
+++ b/test/extensions/filters/http/rate_limit_quota/client_test.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class RateLimitClientTest : public testing::Test {
   RateLimitTestClient test_client{};
 };
 
+using envoy::service::rate_limit_quota::v3::RateLimitQuotaResponse;
+
 TEST_F(RateLimitClientTest, OpenAndCloseStream) {
   EXPECT_OK(test_client.client_->startStream(&test_client.stream_info_));
   EXPECT_CALL(test_client.stream_, closeStream());
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ TEST_F(RateLimitClientTest, SendRequestAndReceiveResponse) {
 
   // `onQuotaResponse` callback is expected to be called.
   EXPECT_CALL(test_client.callbacks_, onQuotaResponse);
-  envoy::service::rate_limit_quota::v3::RateLimitQuotaResponse resp;
+  RateLimitQuotaResponse resp;
   auto response_buf = Grpc::Common::serializeMessage(resp);
   EXPECT_TRUE(test_client.stream_callbacks_->onReceiveMessageRaw(std::move(response_buf)));
 
@@ -93,6 +95,92 @@ TEST_F(RateLimitClientTest, RestartStreamWhileInUse) {
                         { test_client.client_->sendUsageReport(bucket_id_hash); });
 }
 
+TEST_F(RateLimitClientTest, HandlingDuplicateTokenBucketAssignments) {
+  EXPECT_OK(test_client.client_->startStream(&test_client.stream_info_));
+  ASSERT_NE(test_client.stream_callbacks_, nullptr);
+
+  auto empty_request_headers = Http::RequestHeaderMapImpl::create();
+  test_client.stream_callbacks_->onCreateInitialMetadata(*empty_request_headers);
+  auto empty_response_headers = Http::ResponseHeaderMapImpl::create();
+  test_client.stream_callbacks_->onReceiveInitialMetadata(std::move(empty_response_headers));
+
+  // `onQuotaResponse` callback is expected to be called twice.
+  EXPECT_CALL(test_client.callbacks_, onQuotaResponse).Times(3);
+
+  ::envoy::type::v3::TokenBucket token_bucket;
+  token_bucket.set_max_tokens(100);
+  token_bucket.mutable_tokens_per_fill()->set_value(10);
+  token_bucket.mutable_fill_interval()->set_seconds(1000);
+
+  ::envoy::service::rate_limit_quota::v3::BucketId bucket_id;
+  bucket_id.mutable_bucket()->insert({"fairshare_group_id", "mock_group"});
+  const size_t bucket_id_hash = MessageUtil::hash(bucket_id);
+
+  Bucket initial_bucket_state;
+  initial_bucket_state.bucket_id = bucket_id;
+  test_client.bucket_cache_.insert(
+      {bucket_id_hash, std::make_unique<Bucket>(std::move(initial_bucket_state))});
+
+  RateLimitQuotaResponse::BucketAction action;
+  action.mutable_quota_assignment_action()
+      ->mutable_rate_limit_strategy()
+      ->mutable_token_bucket()
+      ->MergeFrom(token_bucket);
+  action.mutable_bucket_id()->MergeFrom(bucket_id);
+
+  RateLimitQuotaResponse resp;
+  resp.add_bucket_action()->MergeFrom(action);
+  RateLimitQuotaResponse duplicate_resp;
+  duplicate_resp.add_bucket_action()->MergeFrom(action);
+
+  auto response_buf = Grpc::Common::serializeMessage(resp);
+  auto duplicate_response_buf = Grpc::Common::serializeMessage(duplicate_resp);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(test_client.stream_callbacks_->onReceiveMessageRaw(std::move(response_buf)));
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(test_client.bucket_cache_.size(), 1);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(test_client.bucket_cache_.contains(bucket_id_hash));
+  Bucket* first_bucket = test_client.bucket_cache_.at(bucket_id_hash).get();
+  TokenBucket* first_token_bucket_limiter = first_bucket->token_bucket_limiter.get();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(first_token_bucket_limiter);
+
+  // Send a duplicate response & expect the token bucket to be carried forward
+  // in the cache to avoid resetting token consumption.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      test_client.stream_callbacks_->onReceiveMessageRaw(std::move(duplicate_response_buf)));
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(test_client.bucket_cache_.size(), 1);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(test_client.bucket_cache_.contains(bucket_id_hash));
+  Bucket* second_bucket = test_client.bucket_cache_.at(bucket_id_hash).get();
+  TokenBucket* second_token_bucket_limiter = second_bucket->token_bucket_limiter.get();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(second_token_bucket_limiter);
+  EXPECT_EQ(first_token_bucket_limiter, second_token_bucket_limiter);
+
+  // Expect the limiter to be replaced if the config changes.
+  resp.mutable_bucket_action(0)
+      ->mutable_quota_assignment_action()
+      ->mutable_rate_limit_strategy()
+      ->mutable_token_bucket()
+      ->set_max_tokens(200);
+  auto different_response_buf = Grpc::Common::serializeMessage(resp);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      test_client.stream_callbacks_->onReceiveMessageRaw(std::move(different_response_buf)));
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(test_client.bucket_cache_.size(), 1);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(test_client.bucket_cache_.contains(bucket_id_hash));
+  Bucket* third_bucket = test_client.bucket_cache_.at(bucket_id_hash).get();
+  TokenBucket* third_token_bucket_limiter = third_bucket->token_bucket_limiter.get();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(third_token_bucket_limiter);
+  EXPECT_NE(first_token_bucket_limiter, third_token_bucket_limiter);
+
+  auto empty_response_trailers = Http::ResponseTrailerMapImpl::create();
+  test_client.stream_callbacks_->onReceiveTrailingMetadata(std::move(empty_response_trailers));
+
+  EXPECT_CALL(test_client.stream_, closeStream());
+  EXPECT_CALL(test_client.stream_, resetStream());
+  test_client.client_->closeStream();
+  test_client.client_->onRemoteClose(0, "");
+}
+
 } // namespace
 } // namespace RateLimitQuota
 } // namespace HttpFilters