diff --git a/src/database.c b/src/database.c
index 77eb4520..0faf998e 100644
--- a/src/database.c
+++ b/src/database.c
@@ -893,6 +893,31 @@ int db__message_reconnect_reset(struct mosquitto *context)
 }
 
 
+int db__message_remove_incoming(struct mosquitto* context, uint16_t mid)
+{
+	struct mosquitto_client_msg* tail, * tmp;
+	bool deleted = false;
+
+	if (!context) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+
+	DL_FOREACH_SAFE(context->msgs_in.inflight, tail, tmp) {
+		if (tail->mid == mid) {
+			if (tail->store->qos != 2) {
+				return MOSQ_ERR_PROTOCOL;
+			}
+			db__message_remove(&context->msgs_in, tail);
+			deleted = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (deleted) {
+		return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+	}
+	else {
+		return MOSQ_ERR_NOT_FOUND;
+	}
+}
+
 int db__message_release_incoming(struct mosquitto *context, uint16_t mid)
 {
 	struct mosquitto_client_msg *tail, *tmp;
diff --git a/src/handle_publish.c b/src/handle_publish.c
index 68359b69..75bc8f23 100644
--- a/src/handle_publish.c
+++ b/src/handle_publish.c
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ int handle__publish(struct mosquitto *context)
 	if(msg->qos > 0){
 		db__message_store_find(context, msg->source_mid, &stored);
 	}
+
+	if (stored && msg->source_mid != 0 && (stored->qos != msg->qos || stored->payloadlen != msg->payloadlen || strcmp(stored->topic, msg->topic) || memcmp(stored->payload, msg->payload, msg->payloadlen) )){
+		log__printf(NULL, MOSQ_LOG_WARNING, "Reused message ID %u from %s detected. Clearing from storage.", msg->source_mid, context->id);
+		db__message_remove_incoming(context, msg->source_mid);
+		stored = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if(!stored){
 		if(msg->qos == 0
 				|| db__ready_for_flight(&context->msgs_in, msg->qos)
diff --git a/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h b/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h
index 894e7500..58c26bfe 100644
--- a/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h
+++ b/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ int persist__restore(void);
 int db__message_count(int *count);
 int db__message_delete_outgoing(struct mosquitto *context, uint16_t mid, enum mosquitto_msg_state expect_state, int qos);
 int db__message_insert(struct mosquitto *context, uint16_t mid, enum mosquitto_msg_direction dir, uint8_t qos, bool retain, struct mosquitto_msg_store *stored, mosquitto_property *properties, bool update);
+int db__message_remove_incoming(struct mosquitto* context, uint16_t mid);
 int db__message_release_incoming(struct mosquitto *context, uint16_t mid);
 int db__message_update_outgoing(struct mosquitto *context, uint16_t mid, enum mosquitto_msg_state state, int qos);
 void db__message_dequeue_first(struct mosquitto *context, struct mosquitto_msg_data *msg_data);