diff --git a/pathologic.module b/pathologic.module
index bfa016b..06d01d6 100755
--- a/pathologic.module
+++ b/pathologic.module
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ function _pathologic_replace($matches) {
   // abuse eval() and friends; abuse globals; or abuse drupal_static(). The
   // latter is the least offensive, I think.
   $settings = drupal_static('_pathologic_filter');
+  $langs = language_list();
   // Now parse the URL
   $parts = parse_url($matches[2]);
   // Do some early tests to see if we should just give up now.
@@ -176,6 +177,14 @@ function _pathologic_replace($matches) {
     else {
       $parts['trimmed_path'] = $parts['path'];
     }
+    // we want to remove the langcode prefix from the trimmed path if it already exists
+    // since it will be added by the language attribute
+    if (isset($langs[$settings['langcode']])) {
+      $lang_prefix = $langs[$settings['langcode']]->prefix . "/";
+      if (strpos($parts['trimmed_path'], $lang_prefix) === 0) {
+        $parts['trimmed_path'] = drupal_substr($parts['trimmed_path'], drupal_strlen($lang_prefix));
+      }
+    }
     if ($parts['trimmed_path'] === '') {
       // Okay, if we just ended up with an empty string, then what happened is
       // they linked to the front page of their Drupal installation using non-
@@ -216,7 +225,6 @@ function _pathologic_replace($matches) {
     return $matches[0];
   }
   // Okay, format the URL.
-  $langs = language_list();
   $url = url(
     $parts['trimmed_path'],
     array(