diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index b652e56c922e0..c6405e8c5b37e 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ function manifest_uuid_path(env::String, pkg::PkgId)::Union{Nothing,String,Missi
             # if `pkg` matches the project, return the project itself
             return project_file_path(project_file)
         end
-        mby_ext = project_file_ext_path(project_file, pkg.name)
+        mby_ext = project_file_ext_path(project_file, pkg)
         mby_ext === nothing || return mby_ext
         # look for manifest file and `where` stanza
         return explicit_manifest_uuid_path(project_file, pkg)
@@ -676,13 +676,13 @@ function find_ext_path(project_path::String, extname::String)
     return joinpath(project_path, "ext", extname * ".jl")
 end
 
-function project_file_ext_path(project_file::String, name::String)
+function project_file_ext_path(project_file::String, ext::PkgId)
     d = parsed_toml(project_file)
     p = project_file_path(project_file)
     exts = get(d, "extensions", nothing)::Union{Dict{String, Any}, Nothing}
     if exts !== nothing
-        if name in keys(exts)
-            return find_ext_path(p, name)
+        if ext.name in keys(exts) && ext.uuid == uuid5(UUID(d["uuid"]::String), ext.name)
+            return find_ext_path(p, ext.name)
         end
     end
     return nothing
diff --git a/test/loading.jl b/test/loading.jl
index 394c13c5f2962..292eabe28a878 100644
--- a/test/loading.jl
+++ b/test/loading.jl
@@ -1183,3 +1183,16 @@ end
 @testset "Upgradable stdlibs" begin
     @test success(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no -e 'using DelimitedFiles'`)
 end
+
+@testset "extension path computation name collision" begin
+    old_load_path = copy(LOAD_PATH)
+    try
+        empty!(LOAD_PATH)
+        push!(LOAD_PATH, joinpath(@__DIR__, "project", "Extensions", "ExtNameCollision_A"))
+        push!(LOAD_PATH, joinpath(@__DIR__, "project", "Extensions", "ExtNameCollision_B"))
+        ext_B = Base.PkgId(Base.uuid5(Base.identify_package("ExtNameCollision_B").uuid, "REPLExt"), "REPLExt")
+        @test Base.locate_package(ext_B) == joinpath(@__DIR__, "project",  "Extensions", "ExtNameCollision_B", "ext", "REPLExt.jl")
+    finally
+        copy!(LOAD_PATH, old_load_path)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/Project.toml b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4cc37786f508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name = "ExtNameCollision_A"
+uuid = "9f48de98-8f56-4937-aa32-2a5530882eaa"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+[weakdeps]
+REPL = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
+
+[extensions]
+REPLExt = "REPL"
diff --git a/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/ext/REPLExt.jl b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/ext/REPLExt.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/src/ExtNameCollision_A.jl b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/src/ExtNameCollision_A.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2f47a862dd9c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_A/src/ExtNameCollision_A.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module ExtNameCollision_A
+
+greet() = print("Hello World!")
+
+end # module ExtNameCollision_A
diff --git a/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/Project.toml b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ac52d64a82a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name = "ExtNameCollision_B"
+uuid = "597d654f-44d8-4443-9b1e-1f2f4b45906f"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+[weakdeps]
+REPL = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
+
+[extensions]
+REPLExt = "REPL"
diff --git a/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/ext/REPLExt.jl b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/ext/REPLExt.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/src/ExtNameCollision_B.jl b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/src/ExtNameCollision_B.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e7665982a79b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/project/Extensions/ExtNameCollision_B/src/ExtNameCollision_B.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module ExtNameCollision_B
+
+greet() = print("Hello World!")
+
+end # module ExtNameCollision_B