diff --git a/src/FunctionLoader.cs b/src/FunctionLoader.cs
index 4c2e1064..c16faa70 100644
--- a/src/FunctionLoader.cs
+++ b/src/FunctionLoader.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ internal static AzFunctionInfo GetFunctionInfo(string functionId)
             throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format(PowerShellWorkerStrings.FunctionNotLoaded, functionId));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns true if the function with the given functionId is already loaded.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool IsLoaded(string functionId)
+        {
+            return LoadedFunctions.ContainsKey(functionId);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// This method runs once per 'FunctionLoadRequest' during the code start of the worker.
         /// It will always run synchronously because we process 'FunctionLoadRequest' synchronously.
diff --git a/src/RequestProcessor.cs b/src/RequestProcessor.cs
index d72815c5..e5ca4e16 100644
--- a/src/RequestProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/RequestProcessor.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ internal StreamingMessage ProcessFunctionLoadRequest(StreamingMessage request)
                 out StatusResult status);
             response.FunctionLoadResponse.FunctionId = functionLoadRequest.FunctionId;
 
+            // The worker may occasionally receive multiple function load requests with
+            // the same FunctionId. In order to make function load request idempotent,
+            // the worker should ignore the duplicates.
+            if (FunctionLoader.IsLoaded(functionLoadRequest.FunctionId))
+            {
+                // If FunctionLoader considers this function loaded, this means
+                // the previous request was successful, so respond accordingly.
+                return response;
+            }
+
             // When a functionLoadRequest comes in, we check to see if a dependency download has failed in a previous call
             // or if PowerShell could not be initialized. If this is the case, mark this as a failed request
             // and submit the exception to the Host (runtime).