diff --git a/render-wasm/src/shapes/modifiers.rs b/render-wasm/src/shapes/modifiers.rs
index d0db679cf7..123bbd9336 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/shapes/modifiers.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/shapes/modifiers.rs
@@ -379,8 +379,22 @@ pub fn propagate_modifiers(
     modifiers: &[TransformEntry],
     pixel_precision: bool,
 ) -> Vec<TransformEntry> {
+    // Ids of all shapes that have an entry in the incoming modifiers list.
+    let modifier_ids: HashSet<Uuid> = modifiers.iter().map(|e| e.id).collect();
     let mut entries: VecDeque<_> = modifiers
         .iter()
+        .filter(|entry| {
+            // Skip child shapes whose parent is also in the modifiers list.
+            // Those children will get their transform when the parent's transform
+            // is propagated via propagate_children; including them here would
+            // cause the transform to be applied twice (once here, once from parent).
+            let should_skip = state
+                .shapes
+                .get(&entry.id)
+                .and_then(|s| s.parent_id.map(|pid| modifier_ids.contains(&pid)))
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            !should_skip
+        })
         .map(|entry| {
             // If we receibe a identity matrix we force a reflow
             if math::identitish(&entry.transform) {
@@ -423,7 +437,6 @@ pub fn propagate_modifiers(
                 ),
             }
         }
-
         for id in layout_reflows.iter() {
             if reflown.contains(id) {
                 continue;