diff --git a/scrapy/dupefilters.py b/scrapy/dupefilters.py
index a0ca73978..e679f9626 100644
--- a/scrapy/dupefilters.py
+++ b/scrapy/dupefilters.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class RFPDupeFilter(BaseDupeFilter):
         fp = self.request_fingerprint(request)
         if fp in self.fingerprints:
             redirect_fps = request.meta.get("redirect_fingerprints", set())
-            return fp not in redirect_fps
+            return fp not in {_fp.hex() for _fp in redirect_fps}
         self.fingerprints.add(fp)
         if self.file:
             self.file.write(fp + "\n")
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py
index dc15b672c..582b56a7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from scrapy.http import HtmlResponse, Request, Response
 from scrapy.spiders import Spider
 from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
 
+from .test_dupefilters import _get_dupefilter
+
 
 class RedirectMiddlewareTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -247,6 +249,96 @@ class RedirectMiddlewareTest(unittest.TestCase):
         perc_encoded_utf8_url = "http://scrapytest.org/a%C3%A7%C3%A3o"
         self.assertEqual(perc_encoded_utf8_url, req_result.url)
 
+    def test_self_redirect_direct(self):
+        dupefilter = _get_dupefilter(crawler=self.crawler)
+        request1 = Request("https://example.com/a")
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request1))
+
+        response1 = Response(
+            request1.url,
+            status=302,
+            headers={"Location": "/a"},
+        )
+        request2 = self.mw.process_response(request1, response1, self.spider)
+        self.assertIsInstance(request2, Request)
+        fingerprint1 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request1)
+        fingerprint2 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request2)
+        self.assertEqual(fingerprint1, fingerprint2)
+
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request2))
+
+    def test_self_redirect_indirect(self):
+        dupefilter = _get_dupefilter(crawler=self.crawler)
+        request1 = Request("https://example.com/a")
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request1))
+
+        response1 = Response(
+            request1.url,
+            status=302,
+            headers={"Location": "/b"},
+        )
+        request2 = self.mw.process_response(request1, response1, self.spider)
+        self.assertIsInstance(request2, Request)
+        fingerprint1 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request1)
+        fingerprint2 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request2)
+        self.assertNotEqual(fingerprint1, fingerprint2)
+
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request2))
+
+        response2 = Response(
+            request2.url,
+            status=302,
+            headers={"Location": "/a"},
+        )
+        request3 = self.mw.process_response(request2, response2, self.spider)
+        self.assertIsInstance(request3, Request)
+        fingerprint3 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request3)
+        self.assertEqual(fingerprint1, fingerprint3)
+
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request3))
+
+    def test_self_redirect_zigzag(self):
+        dupefilter = _get_dupefilter(crawler=self.crawler)
+        request1 = Request("https://example.com/a")
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request1))
+
+        response1 = Response(
+            request1.url,
+            status=302,
+            headers={"Location": "/b"},
+        )
+        request2 = self.mw.process_response(request1, response1, self.spider)
+        self.assertIsInstance(request2, Request)
+        fingerprint1 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request1)
+        fingerprint2 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request2)
+        self.assertNotEqual(fingerprint1, fingerprint2)
+
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request2))
+
+        response2 = Response(
+            request2.url,
+            status=302,
+            headers={"Location": "/a"},
+        )
+        request3 = self.mw.process_response(request2, response2, self.spider)
+        self.assertIsInstance(request3, Request)
+        fingerprint3 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request3)
+        self.assertEqual(fingerprint1, fingerprint3)
+
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request3))
+
+        response3 = Response(
+            request3.url,
+            status=302,
+            headers={"Location": "/b"},
+        )
+        request4 = self.mw.process_response(request3, response3, self.spider)
+        self.assertIsInstance(request4, Request)
+        fingerprint4 = self.crawler.request_fingerprinter.fingerprint(request4)
+        self.assertEqual(fingerprint2, fingerprint4)
+
+        self.assertFalse(dupefilter.request_seen(request4))
+
 
 class MetaRefreshMiddlewareTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):