diff --git a/spec/ParseUser.spec.js b/spec/ParseUser.spec.js
index 9a6e2507..ab95768e 100644
--- a/spec/ParseUser.spec.js
+++ b/spec/ParseUser.spec.js
@@ -3453,4 +3453,34 @@ describe('Parse.User testing', () => {
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  it('does not duplicate session when logging in multiple times #3451', (done) => {
+    const user = new Parse.User();
+    user.signUp({
+      username: 'yolo',
+      password: 'yolo',
+      email: 'yo@lo.com'
+    }).then(() => {
+      const promises = [];
+      while(promises.length != 5) {
+        Parse.User.logIn('yolo', 'yolo')
+        promises.push(Parse.User.logIn('yolo', 'yolo').then((res) => {
+          // ensure a new session token is generated at each login
+          expect(res.getSessionToken()).not.toBe(user.getSessionToken());
+        }));
+      }
+      return Promise.all(promises);
+    }).then(() => {
+      // wait because session destruction is not synchronous
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        setTimeout(resolve, 100);
+      });
+    }).then(() => {
+      const query = new Parse.Query('_Session');
+      return query.find({ useMasterKey: true });
+    }).then((results) => {
+      // only one session in the end
+      expect(results.length).toBe(1);
+    }).then(done, done.fail);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/RestWrite.js b/src/RestWrite.js
index 61b8eea4..424284d5 100644
--- a/src/RestWrite.js
+++ b/src/RestWrite.js
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ RestWrite.prototype.execute = function() {
     return this.transformUser();
   }).then(() => {
     return this.expandFilesForExistingObjects();
+  }).then(() => {
+    return this.destroyDuplicatedSessions();
   }).then(() => {
     return this.runDatabaseOperation();
   }).then(() => {
@@ -588,19 +590,33 @@ RestWrite.prototype.createSessionToken = function() {
     this.response.response.sessionToken = token;
   }
 
-  // Destroy the sessions in 'Background'
-  this.config.database.destroy('_Session', {
-    user: {
-      __type: 'Pointer',
-      className: '_User',
-      objectId: this.objectId()
-    },
-    installationId: this.auth.installationId,
-    sessionToken: { '$ne': token },
-  });
   return new RestWrite(this.config, Auth.master(this.config), '_Session', null, sessionData).execute();
 }
 
+RestWrite.prototype.destroyDuplicatedSessions = function() {
+  // Only for _Session, and at creation time
+  if (this.className != '_Session' || this.query) {
+    return;
+  }
+  // Destroy the sessions in 'Background'
+  const {
+    user,
+    installationId,
+    sessionToken,
+  } = this.data;
+  if (!user || !installationId)  {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!user.objectId) {
+    return;
+  }
+  this.config.database.destroy('_Session', {
+    user,
+    installationId,
+    sessionToken: { '$ne': sessionToken },
+  });
+}
+
 // Handles any followup logic
 RestWrite.prototype.handleFollowup = function() {
   if (this.storage && this.storage['clearSessions'] && this.config.revokeSessionOnPasswordReset) {