diff --git a/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js b/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js
index c235b889..5c95c7aa 100644
--- a/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js
+++ b/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class DuplicatesManager {
         this.updateSelectedCount();
     }
     
-    exitDuplicateMode() {
+    async exitDuplicateMode() {
         this.inDuplicateMode = false;
         this.selectedForDeletion.clear();
         
@@ -95,13 +95,15 @@ export class DuplicatesManager {
             recipeGrid.innerHTML = '';
         }
         
-        // Re-enable virtual scrolling
-        state.virtualScroller.enable();
-
-        // Apply a layout switch that was deferred while duplicates mode was active
+        // Re-enable virtual scrolling, or apply a layout switch deferred
+        // while duplicates mode was active (enabling the old scroller first
+        // would let its pending rAF render repopulate the grid after the
+        // new scroller is created, leaving orphaned/overlapping cards).
         if (state.pendingLayoutRecreate) {
             state.pendingLayoutRecreate = false;
-            recreateVirtualScroll('recipes');
+            await recreateVirtualScroll('recipes');
+        } else if (state.virtualScroller) {
+            state.virtualScroller.enable();
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/tests/frontend/components/duplicatesManager.test.js b/tests/frontend/components/duplicatesManager.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7527691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/frontend/components/duplicatesManager.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { describe, it, beforeEach, afterEach, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const showToastMock = vi.fn();
+const recreateVirtualScrollMock = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock('../../../static/js/utils/uiHelpers.js', () => ({
+  showToast: showToastMock,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../../static/js/components/RecipeCard.js', () => ({
+  RecipeCard: class {},
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../../static/js/utils/infiniteScroll.js', () => ({
+  recreateVirtualScroll: recreateVirtualScrollMock,
+}));
+
+const { DuplicatesManager } = await import('../../../static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js');
+const { state, getCurrentPageState, setCurrentPageType } = await import('../../../static/js/state/index.js');
+
+function setupDom() {
+  document.body.innerHTML = `
+    <div id="duplicatesBanner" style="display: block;"></div>
+    <div id="recipeGrid"><div class="model-card">stale</div></div>
+  `;
+  document.body.classList.add('duplicate-mode');
+}
+
+describe('DuplicatesManager exitDuplicateMode', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    setCurrentPageType('recipes');
+    setupDom();
+    state.pendingLayoutRecreate = false;
+    state.virtualScroller = { enable: vi.fn(), disable: vi.fn() };
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    state.pendingLayoutRecreate = false;
+    state.virtualScroller = null;
+  });
+
+  it('skips enable() on the old scroller when a layout recreate was deferred', async () => {
+    state.pendingLayoutRecreate = true;
+
+    const manager = new DuplicatesManager({});
+    manager.inDuplicateMode = true;
+    await manager.exitDuplicateMode();
+
+    expect(state.virtualScroller.enable).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(recreateVirtualScrollMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('recipes');
+    expect(state.pendingLayoutRecreate).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('re-enables the existing scroller when no layout recreate is pending', async () => {
+    const manager = new DuplicatesManager({});
+    manager.inDuplicateMode = true;
+    await manager.exitDuplicateMode();
+
+    expect(state.virtualScroller.enable).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(recreateVirtualScrollMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('tolerates a missing scroller on the plain re-enable path', async () => {
+    state.virtualScroller = null;
+
+    const manager = new DuplicatesManager({});
+    manager.inDuplicateMode = true;
+    await expect(manager.exitDuplicateMode()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(recreateVirtualScrollMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('clears duplicates-mode state and the grid regardless of path', async () => {
+    state.pendingLayoutRecreate = true;
+
+    const manager = new DuplicatesManager({});
+    manager.inDuplicateMode = true;
+    await manager.exitDuplicateMode();
+
+    expect(manager.inDuplicateMode).toBe(false);
+    expect(getCurrentPageState().duplicatesMode).toBe(false);
+    expect(document.body.classList.contains('duplicate-mode')).toBe(false);
+    expect(document.getElementById('recipeGrid').innerHTML).toBe('');
+    expect(document.getElementById('duplicatesBanner').style.display).toBe('none');
+  });
+});