diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 5a27a6e03..916c9915b 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ impl KeySettings {
     }
 
     fn set_sort_mode(&mut self, mode: SortMode) -> Result<(), String> {
-        if self.mode != SortMode::Default {
+        if self.mode != SortMode::Default && self.mode != mode {
             return Err(format!(
                 "options '-{}{}' are incompatible",
                 self.mode.get_short_name().unwrap(),
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index 5c753470a..fe63eb2c7 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -1156,3 +1156,8 @@ fn test_tmp_files_deleted_on_sigint() {
     // `sort` should have deleted the temporary directory again.
     assert!(read_dir(at.plus("tmp_dir")).unwrap().next().is_none());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_same_sort_mode_twice() {
+    new_ucmd!().args(&["-k", "2n,2n", "empty.txt"]).succeeds();
+}