diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 099722c8643be20f8b0bec48ce9d451263b4055f..254e9970f9786a51fe8198b9a59ff869ce086f1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 $Id$
 
+-- 2008-11-06 version 5.x-2.x-dev
+* #327490 Fixed: duplicate FCKeditor in Panels
+
 -- 2008-10-21 version 5.x-2.x-dev
 * #314319 Added protection against XSS attacks when editing
 
diff --git a/fckeditor.module b/fckeditor.module
index 7b9aa1704be1c920e297b246733f13065b3b1195..b531b907f0884de17bd192721ef7ddc257417bec 100644
--- a/fckeditor.module
+++ b/fckeditor.module
@@ -800,7 +800,13 @@ function fckeditor_is_enabled($excl_mode, $excl_fields, $excl_paths, $element_id
 function fckeditor_process_textarea($element) {
   static $is_running = FALSE;
   static $num = 1;
+  static $processed_elements = array();
   global $user, $fckeditor_simple_toolbar_ids, $fckeditor_configuration, $fckeditor_js_ids;
+  
+  $processed = in_array($element['#id'], $processed_elements);
+  if ($processed) {
+    return $element;
+  }
 
   //hack for module developers that want to disable FCKeditor on their textareas
   if (key_exists('#wysiwyg', $element) && !$element['#wysiwyg']) {
@@ -1105,6 +1111,8 @@ function fckeditor_process_textarea($element) {
     )) .'</div>';
   }
 
+  $processed_elements[] = $element['#id'];
+  
   return $element;
 }