diff --git a/.changeset/three-pumas-look.md b/.changeset/three-pumas-look.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e20143d2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/three-pumas-look.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@directus/app': patch
+---
+
+Prevent duplicate m2o field name on auto-fill recursive m2m
diff --git a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts
index 8331c2bf6c..384350e870 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts
@@ -775,6 +775,10 @@ function initLocalStore(collection: string, field: string, type: typeof localTyp
 
 				state.relations[0].field = `${collection}_${currentPKField}`;
 				state.relations[1].field = `${relatedCollection}_${relatedPKField}`;
+
+				if (state.relations[0].field === state.relations[1].field) {
+					state.relations[1].field = `related_${state.relations[1].field}`;
+				}
 			}
 		}