diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index fe8cac5ae..4c6ed5624 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -519,7 +519,13 @@ func (c *Config) LoadDirectory(path string) error {
 			log.Printf("W! Telegraf is not permitted to read %s", thispath)
 			return nil
 		}
+
 		if info.IsDir() {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(info.Name(), "..") {
+				// skip Kubernetes mounts, prevening loading the same config twice
+				return filepath.SkipDir
+			}
+
 			return nil
 		}
 		name := info.Name()
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/..4984_10_04_08_28_06.119/invalid-config.conf b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/..4984_10_04_08_28_06.119/invalid-config.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aee9abdfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/..4984_10_04_08_28_06.119/invalid-config.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This invalid config file should be skipped during testing
+# as it is an ..data folder
+
+[[outputs.influxdb