diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Renderer.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Renderer.php
index 09a1bf1..e5a832f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Renderer.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Renderer.php
@@ -506,10 +506,10 @@ protected function doRender(&$elements, $is_root_call = FALSE) {
 
     // We store the resulting output in $elements['#markup'], to be consistent
     // with how render cached output gets stored. This ensures that placeholder
-    // replacement logic gets the same data to work with, no matter if #cache is
-    // disabled, #cache is enabled, there is a cache hit or miss.
-    $prefix = isset($elements['#prefix']) ? $this->xssFilterAdminIfUnsafe($elements['#prefix']) : '';
-    $suffix = isset($elements['#suffix']) ? $this->xssFilterAdminIfUnsafe($elements['#suffix']) : '';
+    // Only apply the prefix and suffix markup around the children if they have
+    // not already been rendered by the theme manager.
+    $prefix = !isset($elements['#render_children']) && isset($elements['#prefix']) ? $this->xssFilterAdminIfUnsafe($elements['#prefix']) : '';
+    $suffix = !isset($elements['#render_children']) && isset($elements['#suffix']) ? $this->xssFilterAdminIfUnsafe($elements['#suffix']) : '';
 
     $elements['#markup'] = Markup::create($prefix . $elements['#children'] . $suffix);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php
index 9d43060..de3b1c5 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ function testFileMaxSize() {
     $field_name = strtolower($this->randomMachineName());
     $this->createFileField($field_name, 'node', $type_name, array(), array('required' => '1'));
 
-    $small_file = $this->getTestFile('text', 131072); // 128KB.
-    $large_file = $this->getTestFile('text', 1310720); // 1.2MB
+    // 128KB.
+    $small_file = $this->getTestFile('text', 131072);
+    // 1.2MB.
+    $large_file = $this->getTestFile('text', 1310720);
 
     // Test uploading both a large and small file with different increments.
     $sizes = array(
@@ -185,4 +187,25 @@ public function testFileRemoval() {
     $this->assertText('Article ' . $node->getTitle() . ' has been updated.');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test the validation message is displayed only once for ajax uploads.
+   */
+  public function testAJAXValidationMessage() {
+    $field_name = strtolower($this->randomMachineName());
+    $this->createFileField($field_name, 'node', 'article');
+
+    $this->drupalGet('node/add/article');
+    /** @var \Drupal\file\FileInterface $image_file */
+    $image_file = $this->getTestFile('image');
+    $edit = array(
+      'files[' . $field_name . '_0]' => $this->container->get('file_system')->realpath($image_file->getFileUri()),
+      'title[0][value]' => $this->randomMachineName(),
+    );
+    $this->drupalPostAjaxForm(NULL, $edit, $field_name . '_0_upload_button');
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//div[contains(@class, :class)]', array(
+      ':class' => 'messages--error',
+    ));
+    $this->assertEqual(count($elements), 1, 'Ajax validation messages are displayed once.');
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/image/src/Tests/ImageFieldValidateTest.php b/core/modules/image/src/Tests/ImageFieldValidateTest.php
index 2532524..c48f3b6 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/src/Tests/ImageFieldValidateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/image/src/Tests/ImageFieldValidateTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * @group image
  */
 class ImageFieldValidateTest extends ImageFieldTestBase {
+
   /**
    * Test min/max resolution settings.
    */
@@ -102,4 +103,26 @@ function testRequiredAttributes() {
     $this->assertNoText(t('Title field is required.'));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test the validation message is displayed only once for ajax uploads.
+   */
+  public function testAJAXValidationMessage() {
+    $field_name = strtolower($this->randomMachineName());
+    $this->createImageField($field_name, 'article');
+
+    $this->drupalGet('node/add/article');
+    /** @var \Drupal\file\FileInterface[] $text_files */
+    $text_files = $this->drupalGetTestFiles('text');
+    $text_file = reset($text_files);
+    $edit = array(
+      'files[' . $field_name . '_0]' => $this->container->get('file_system')->realpath($text_file->uri),
+      'title[0][value]' => $this->randomMachineName(),
+    );
+    $this->drupalPostAjaxForm(NULL, $edit, $field_name . '_0_upload_button');
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//div[contains(@class, :class)]', array(
+      ':class' => 'messages--error',
+    ));
+    $this->assertEqual(count($elements), 1, 'Ajax validation messages are displayed once.');
+  }
+
 }