diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-rings-beam.md b/.changeset/grumpy-rings-beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03d426ec75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-rings-beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@redocly/cli": patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue where using the `--prefix-components-with-info-prop` option with the `join` command caused `$refs` to include duplicated prefixes.
diff --git a/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/bar.yaml b/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/bar.yaml
index a91982c434..17de9fb5a2 100644
--- a/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/bar.yaml
+++ b/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/bar.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ components:
     some-property:
       description: bar description
       type: string
+    another-property:
+      description: description
+      $ref: '#/components/schemas/some-property'
diff --git a/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/foo.yaml b/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/foo.yaml
index 4adf06a277..77bd13dda5 100644
--- a/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/foo.yaml
+++ b/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/foo.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ components:
     some-property:
       description: foo description
       type: string
+    another-property:
+      description: description
+      $ref: '#/components/schemas/some-property'
diff --git a/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/snapshot.js b/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/snapshot.js
index 7a09b00a4c..8fe789b46a 100644
--- a/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/snapshot.js
+++ b/__tests__/join/prefix-components-with-info-prop/snapshot.js
@@ -55,9 +55,15 @@ components:
     Foo Example OpenAPI 3 definition foo._some-property:
       description: foo description
       type: string
+    Foo Example OpenAPI 3 definition foo._another-property:
+      description: description
+      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Foo Example OpenAPI 3 definition foo._some-property'
     Bar Example OpenAPI 3 definition._some-property:
       description: bar description
       type: string
+    Bar Example OpenAPI 3 definition._another-property:
+      description: description
+      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bar Example OpenAPI 3 definition._some-property'
 x-tagGroups:
   - name: Foo Example OpenAPI 3 definition foo.
     tags:
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/join.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/join.ts
index 5bcdc42a95..2fba5a08da 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/join.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/join.ts
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ async function validateApi(
 function crawl(object: any, visitor: any) {
   if (!isObject(object)) return;
   for (const key of Object.keys(object)) {
-    visitor(object, key);
+    visitor(object[key], key);
     crawl(object[key], visitor);
   }
 }