diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index 055afd0..6950340 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -2851,7 +2851,7 @@ _get_master_service_for_service_cached () {
     fi
 
     ## Action provided by relation ?
-    container_relation=$(_get_container_relation "$metadata")
+    container_relation=$(_get_container_relation "$metadata") || exit 1
     read-0 target_service _ _ < <(get_service_relation "$service" "$container_relation")
     if [ -z "$target_service" ]; then
         err "Couldn't find ${WHITE}relations.${container_relation}${NORMAL} in" \
@@ -4032,12 +4032,15 @@ get_all_relations "${services_args[@]}" >/dev/null || exit 1
 if [ "$is_docker_compose_action" -a "${#services_args[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
     services=($(get_master_services "${services_args[@]}")) || exit 1
     if [ "$action" == "up" ]; then
-        ## remove run-once
+        declare -A seen
         for service in $(get_ordered_service_dependencies "${services_args[@]}"); do
-            type="$(get_service_type "$service")" || exit 1
-            if [ "$type" != "run-once" ]; then
-                action_posargs+=("$service")
-            fi
+            mservice=$(get_master_service_for_service "$service")
+            [ "${seen[$mservice]}" ] && continue
+            type="$(get_service_type "$mservice")" || exit 1
+            ## remove run-once
+            [ "$type" == "run-once" ] && continue
+            seen[$mservice]=1
+            action_posargs+=("$mservice")
         done
     else
         action_posargs+=("${services[@]}")