diff --git a/crates/symsorter/src/app.rs b/crates/symsorter/src/app.rs
index 4dbd4ace8..73fd6d226 100644
--- a/crates/symsorter/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/symsorter/src/app.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,21 @@ fn process_file(
             style(obj.arch()).yellow(),
             style(new_filename.display()).cyan(),
         );
-        let mut out = fs::File::create(&new_filename)?;
+
+        let mut out = match fs::File::create_new(&new_filename) {
+            Ok(out) => out,
+            Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "{}: File {} already exists, you seem to have duplicate debug files for ID {}.\n\
+                    Skipping {filename}.",
+                    style("WARNING").red().bold(),
+                    new_filename.display(),
+                    get_unified_id(&obj).unwrap(),
+                );
+                return Ok(vec![]);
+            }
+            Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
+        };
 
         if compression_level > 0 {
             copy_encode(obj.data(), &mut out, compression_level)?;