diff --git a/client/v3/experimental/recipes/double_barrier.go b/client/v3/experimental/recipes/double_barrier.go
index eac5d4f7f..0fce8d0e7 100644
--- a/client/v3/experimental/recipes/double_barrier.go
+++ b/client/v3/experimental/recipes/double_barrier.go
@@ -45,25 +45,46 @@ func NewDoubleBarrier(s *concurrency.Session, key string, count int) *DoubleBarr
 // Enter waits for "count" processes to enter the barrier then returns
 func (b *DoubleBarrier) Enter() error {
 	client := b.s.Client()
+
+	// Check the entered clients before creating the UniqueEphemeralKey,
+	// fail the request if there are already too many clients.
+	if resp1, err := b.enteredClients(client); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if len(resp1.Kvs) >= b.count {
+		return ErrTooManyClients
+	}
+
 	ek, err := newUniqueEphemeralKey(b.s, b.key+"/waiters")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	b.myKey = ek
 
-	resp, err := client.Get(b.ctx, b.key+"/waiters", clientv3.WithPrefix())
+	// Check the entered clients after creating the UniqueEphemeralKey
+	resp2, err := b.enteredClients(client)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if len(resp2.Kvs) >= b.count {
+		lastWaiter := resp2.Kvs[b.count-1]
+		if ek.rev > lastWaiter.CreateRevision {
+			// delete itself now, otherwise other processes may need to wait
+			// until these keys are automatically deleted when the related
+			// lease expires.
+			if err = b.myKey.Delete(); err != nil {
+				// Nothing to do here. We have to wait for the key to be
+				// deleted when the lease expires.
+			}
+			return ErrTooManyClients
+		}
 
-	if len(resp.Kvs) > b.count {
-		return ErrTooManyClients
-	}
-
-	if len(resp.Kvs) == b.count {
-		// unblock waiters
-		_, err = client.Put(b.ctx, b.key+"/ready", "")
-		return err
+		if ek.rev == lastWaiter.CreateRevision {
+			// TODO(ahrtr): we might need to compare ek.key and
+			// string(lastWaiter.Key), they should be equal.
+			// unblock all other waiters
+			_, err = client.Put(b.ctx, b.key+"/ready", "")
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	_, err = WaitEvents(
@@ -74,6 +95,18 @@ func (b *DoubleBarrier) Enter() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// enteredClients gets all the entered clients, which are ordered by the
+// createRevision in ascending order.
+func (b *DoubleBarrier) enteredClients(cli *clientv3.Client) (*clientv3.GetResponse, error) {
+	resp, err := cli.Get(b.ctx, b.key+"/waiters", clientv3.WithPrefix(),
+		clientv3.WithSort(clientv3.SortByCreateRevision, clientv3.SortAscend))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
 // Leave waits for "count" processes to leave the barrier then returns
 func (b *DoubleBarrier) Leave() error {
 	client := b.s.Client()
@@ -96,7 +129,7 @@ func (b *DoubleBarrier) Leave() error {
 	}
 	isLowest := string(lowest.Key) == b.myKey.Key()
 
-	if len(resp.Kvs) == 1 {
+	if len(resp.Kvs) == 1 && isLowest {
 		// this is the only node in the barrier; finish up
 		if _, err = client.Delete(b.ctx, b.key+"/ready"); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/tests/integration/clientv3/experimental/recipes/v3_double_barrier_test.go b/tests/integration/clientv3/experimental/recipes/v3_double_barrier_test.go
index d9ffb9e82..92ef058c5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/clientv3/experimental/recipes/v3_double_barrier_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/clientv3/experimental/recipes/v3_double_barrier_test.go
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@
 package recipes_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3/concurrency"
 	recipe "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3/experimental/recipes"
 	integration2 "go.etcd.io/etcd/tests/v3/framework/integration"
@@ -97,6 +102,67 @@ func TestDoubleBarrier(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDoubleBarrierTooManyClients(t *testing.T) {
+	integration2.BeforeTest(t)
+
+	clus := integration2.NewCluster(t, &integration2.ClusterConfig{Size: 3})
+	defer clus.Terminate(t)
+
+	waiters := 10
+	session, err := concurrency.NewSession(clus.RandClient())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	defer session.Orphan()
+
+	b := recipe.NewDoubleBarrier(session, "test-barrier", waiters)
+	donec := make(chan struct{})
+	var (
+		wgDone    sync.WaitGroup // make sure all clients have finished the tasks
+		wgEntered sync.WaitGroup // make sure all clients have entered the double barrier
+	)
+	wgDone.Add(waiters)
+	wgEntered.Add(waiters)
+	for i := 0; i < waiters; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			defer wgDone.Done()
+			session, err := concurrency.NewSession(clus.RandClient())
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+			defer session.Orphan()
+
+			bb := recipe.NewDoubleBarrier(session, "test-barrier", waiters)
+			if err := bb.Enter(); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("could not enter on barrier (%v)", err)
+			}
+			wgEntered.Done()
+			<-donec
+			if err := bb.Leave(); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("could not leave on barrier (%v)", err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Wait until all clients have already entered the double barrier, so
+	// no any other client can enter the barrier.
+	wgEntered.Wait()
+	t.Log("Try to enter into double barrier")
+	if err := b.Enter(); err != recipe.ErrTooManyClients {
+		t.Errorf("Unexcepted error, expected: ErrTooManyClients, got: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := clus.RandClient().Get(context.TODO(), "test-barrier/waiters", clientv3.WithPrefix())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Make sure the extra `b.Enter()` did not create a new ephemeral key
+	assert.Equal(t, waiters, len(resp.Kvs))
+	close(donec)
+
+	wgDone.Wait()
+}
+
 func TestDoubleBarrierFailover(t *testing.T) {
 	integration2.BeforeTest(t)