diff -u b/mappers/file.inc b/mappers/file.inc
--- b/mappers/file.inc
+++ b/mappers/file.inc
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
           if ($skip) {
             // Create a new dummy feeds enclosure where the value is the file
             // already in the file system (it will be skipped by getFile())
+            $mapping['file_exists'] = FEEDS_FILE_EXISTS_SKIP;
             $existing_path = $destination . '/' . basename($v->getValue());
             $v = new FeedsEnclosure($existing_path, file_get_mimetype($existing_path));
           }
diff -u b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
--- b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@
           $existing_files = file_load_multiple(array(), array('uri' => $file->uri));
           if (count($existing_files)) {
             $existing = reset($existing_files);
+            if ($replace == FEEDS_FILE_EXISTS_SKIP) {
+              return $existing;
+            }
             $file->fid = $existing->fid;
             $file->filename = $existing->filename;
           }