diff --git a/flag_test.go b/flag_test.go
index b3b0d7c587..4f9d80f050 100644
--- a/flag_test.go
+++ b/flag_test.go
@@ -1973,3 +1973,34 @@ func TestTimestampFlagApply_Fail_Parse_Wrong_Time(t *testing.T) {
 	err := set.Parse([]string{"--time", "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"})
 	expect(t, err, fmt.Errorf("invalid value \"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z\" for flag -time: parsing time \"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z\" as \"Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm (MST)\": cannot parse \"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z\" as \"Jan\""))
 }
+
+// Test issue #1254
+// StringSlice() with UseShortOptionHandling causes duplicated entries, depending on the ordering of the flags
+func TestSliceShortOptionHandle(t *testing.T) {
+	_ = (&App{
+		Commands: []*Command{
+			{
+				Name:                   "foobar",
+				UseShortOptionHandling: true,
+				Action: func(ctx *Context) error {
+					if ctx.Bool("i") != true {
+						t.Errorf("bool i not set")
+					}
+					if ctx.Bool("t") != true {
+						t.Errorf("bool i not set")
+					}
+					ss := ctx.StringSlice("net")
+					if !reflect.DeepEqual(ss, []string{"foo"}) {
+						t.Errorf("Got different slice(%v) than expected", ss)
+					}
+					return nil
+				},
+				Flags: []Flag{
+					&StringSliceFlag{Name: "net"},
+					&BoolFlag{Name: "i"},
+					&BoolFlag{Name: "t"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}).Run([]string{"run", "foobar", "--net=foo", "-it"})
+}
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 7df17296a4..57df48bc2a 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ func parseIter(set *flag.FlagSet, ip iterativeParser, args []string, shellComple
 				return err
 			}
 
-			// swap current argument with the split version
-			args = append(args[:i], append(shortOpts, args[i+1:]...)...)
+			// Start processing only from failed argument and not
+			// from beginning
+			args = append(shortOpts, args[i+1:]...)
 			argsWereSplit = true
 			break
 		}