diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/LocalizeEntryController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/LocalizeEntryController.php
index c830ad8c658..cc84afced5f 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/LocalizeEntryController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/LocalizeEntryController.php
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Statamic\Http\Controllers\CP\Collections;
 
+use Illuminate\Cache\NoLock;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\LockProvider;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Statamic\Facades\User;
 use Statamic\Http\Controllers\CP\CpController;
 
@@ -14,13 +17,37 @@ public function __invoke(Request $request, $collection, $entry)
 
         $request->validate(['site' => 'required']);
 
-        $localized = $entry->makeLocalization($site = $request->site);
+        $site = $request->site;
 
-        $localized->store(['user' => User::fromUser($request->user())]);
+        // The lock is keyed on the root entry, so concurrent requests from any
+        // localization in the origin chain wait for each other.
+        return $this->lock("localize-entry:{$entry->root()->id()}:{$site}", 10)->block(5, function () use ($request, $entry, $site) {
+            // Look through the whole origin chain, since the origin of a
+            // localization can be any existing localization.
+            $existing = $entry->in($site);
 
-        return [
-            'handle' => $site,
-            'url' => $localized->editUrl(),
-        ];
+            if ($existing) {
+                return [
+                    'handle' => $site,
+                    'url' => $existing->editUrl(),
+                ];
+            }
+
+            $localized = $entry->makeLocalization($site);
+
+            $localized->store(['user' => User::fromUser($request->user())]);
+
+            return [
+                'handle' => $site,
+                'url' => $localized->editUrl(),
+            ];
+        });
+    }
+
+    private function lock(string $key, int $seconds)
+    {
+        return Cache::getStore() instanceof LockProvider
+            ? Cache::lock($key, $seconds)
+            : new NoLock($key, $seconds);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Entries/LocalizeEntryTest.php b/tests/Feature/Entries/LocalizeEntryTest.php
index 3734a14340b..0da783c6e87 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Entries/LocalizeEntryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Entries/LocalizeEntryTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 namespace Tests\Feature\Entries;
 
 use Facades\Tests\Factories\EntryFactory;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\LockProvider;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Store;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
 use Statamic\Facades\Collection;
 use Statamic\Facades\User;
@@ -51,6 +54,118 @@ public function it_localizes_an_entry()
         $this->assertCount(0, $entry->in('fr')->revisions());
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_returns_the_existing_localization_instead_of_creating_another()
+    {
+        $entry = EntryFactory::collection(tap(Collection::make('blog')->revisionsEnabled(false))->save())->id('en-test')->slug('test')->create();
+        $existing = EntryFactory::collection('blog')->id('fr-test')->locale('fr')->origin('en-test')->slug('test')->create();
+
+        $this
+            ->actingAs($this->user())
+            ->localize($entry, ['site' => 'fr'])
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJson(['handle' => 'fr', 'url' => $existing->editUrl()]);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, \Statamic\Facades\Entry::query()->where('origin', 'en-test')->where('site', 'fr')->get());
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_returns_an_existing_localization_from_elsewhere_in_the_origin_chain()
+    {
+        $this->setSites([
+            'en' => ['url' => 'http://localhost/', 'locale' => 'en'],
+            'de' => ['url' => 'http://localhost/de/', 'locale' => 'de'],
+            'fr' => ['url' => 'http://localhost/fr/', 'locale' => 'fr'],
+        ]);
+
+        $en = EntryFactory::collection(tap(Collection::make('blog')->revisionsEnabled(false))->save())->id('en-test')->slug('test')->create();
+        $de = EntryFactory::collection('blog')->id('de-test')->locale('de')->origin('en-test')->slug('test')->create();
+
+        $first = $this->actingAs($this->user())->localize($de, ['site' => 'fr'])->assertOk();
+        $second = $this->actingAs($this->user())->localize($en, ['site' => 'fr'])->assertOk();
+
+        $this->assertSame($first->json(), $second->json());
+        $this->assertCount(1, \Statamic\Facades\Entry::query()->where('collection', 'blog')->where('site', 'fr')->get());
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_localizes_an_entry_when_the_cache_store_does_not_support_locks()
+    {
+        Cache::extend('nolock', fn ($app) => Cache::repository(new class(Cache::store('file')->getStore()) implements Store
+        {
+            public function __construct(private Store $store)
+            {
+            }
+
+            public function get($key)
+            {
+                return $this->store->get($key);
+            }
+
+            public function many(array $keys)
+            {
+                return $this->store->many($keys);
+            }
+
+            public function put($key, $value, $seconds)
+            {
+                return $this->store->put($key, $value, $seconds);
+            }
+
+            public function putMany(array $values, $seconds)
+            {
+                return $this->store->putMany($values, $seconds);
+            }
+
+            public function increment($key, $value = 1)
+            {
+                return $this->store->increment($key, $value);
+            }
+
+            public function decrement($key, $value = 1)
+            {
+                return $this->store->decrement($key, $value);
+            }
+
+            public function forever($key, $value)
+            {
+                return $this->store->forever($key, $value);
+            }
+
+            public function touch($key, $seconds)
+            {
+                return $this->store->touch($key, $seconds);
+            }
+
+            public function forget($key)
+            {
+                return $this->store->forget($key);
+            }
+
+            public function flush()
+            {
+                return $this->store->flush();
+            }
+
+            public function getPrefix()
+            {
+                return $this->store->getPrefix();
+            }
+        }));
+
+        config(['cache.stores.nolock' => ['driver' => 'nolock'], 'cache.default' => 'nolock']);
+        $this->assertNotInstanceOf(LockProvider::class, Cache::getStore());
+
+        $entry = EntryFactory::collection(tap(Collection::make('blog')->revisionsEnabled(false))->save())->slug('test')->create();
+
+        $this
+            ->actingAs($this->user())
+            ->localize($entry, ['site' => 'fr'])
+            ->assertOk();
+
+        $this->assertNotNull($entry->fresh()->in('fr'));
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function site_is_required()
     {
@@ -255,6 +370,7 @@ private function user()
             'access cp',
             'access en site',
             'access fr site',
+            'access de site',
             'view blog entries',
             'edit blog entries',
             'view pages entries',