diff --git a/src/sessionmodel.cpp b/src/sessionmodel.cpp
--- a/src/sessionmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/sessionmodel.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
             if (line.startsWith(QLatin1String("Name="))) {
                 si->name = line.mid(5);
-                if (type == SessionTypeWayland) {
+                if (type == SessionTypeWayland && !si->name.endsWith(QStringLiteral(" (Wayland)"))) {
                     //we want to exactly match the SDDM prompt which is formatted in this way
                     si->name = i18nc("%1 is the name of a session", "%1 (Wayland)", si->name);
                 }