diff --git a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go
index 341d7c8a0..d0c9a8eec 100644
--- a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go
+++ b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (ph *TextPushHandler) UpdateCopyOptions(opts *oras.CopyGraphOptions, fetche
 	}
 	opts.PostCopy = func(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) error {
 		committed.Store(desc.Digest.String(), desc.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle])
-		err, successors := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, fetcher, committed)
+		successors, err := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, fetcher, DeduplicatedFilter(committed))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/tty.go b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/tty.go
index 4cbc6cbf0..7aa803ec3 100644
--- a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/tty.go
+++ b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/tty.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (ph *TTYPushHandler) UpdateCopyOptions(opts *oras.CopyGraphOptions, fetcher
 	}
 	opts.PostCopy = func(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) error {
 		committed.Store(desc.Digest.String(), desc.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle])
-		err, successors := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, fetcher, committed)
+		successors, err := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, fetcher, DeduplicatedFilter(committed))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/utils.go b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/utils.go
index 40e857c42..6b5838ce6 100644
--- a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/utils.go
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package status
 
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+)
+
 // Prompts for pull events.
 const (
 	PullPromptDownloading = "Downloading"
@@ -32,3 +38,14 @@ const (
 	PushPromptSkipped   = "Skipped  "
 	PushPromptExists    = "Exists   "
 )
+
+// DeduplicatedFilter filters out deduplicated descriptors.
+func DeduplicatedFilter(committed *sync.Map) func(desc ocispec.Descriptor) bool {
+	return func(desc ocispec.Descriptor) bool {
+
+		name := desc.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle]
+		v, ok := committed.Load(desc.Digest.String())
+		// committed but not printed == deduplicated
+		return ok && v != name
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/oras/root/cp.go b/cmd/oras/root/cp.go
index 88771c921..7d5e84eb1 100644
--- a/cmd/oras/root/cp.go
+++ b/cmd/oras/root/cp.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"oras.land/oras/cmd/oras/internal/argument"
 	"oras.land/oras/cmd/oras/internal/command"
 	"oras.land/oras/cmd/oras/internal/display"
+	"oras.land/oras/cmd/oras/internal/display/status"
 	"oras.land/oras/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/track"
 	oerrors "oras.land/oras/cmd/oras/internal/errors"
 	"oras.land/oras/cmd/oras/internal/option"
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ func doCopy(ctx context.Context, printer *output.Printer, src oras.ReadOnlyGraph
 		}
 		extendedCopyOptions.PostCopy = func(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) error {
 			committed.Store(desc.Digest.String(), desc.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle])
-			err, successors := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, dst, committed)
+			successors, err := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, dst, status.DeduplicatedFilter(committed))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -216,13 +217,12 @@ func doCopy(ctx context.Context, printer *output.Printer, src oras.ReadOnlyGraph
 		}
 		extendedCopyOptions.PostCopy = func(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) error {
 			committed.Store(desc.Digest.String(), desc.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle])
-			err, successors := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, tracked, committed)
+			successors, err := descriptor.GetSuccessors(ctx, desc, tracked, status.DeduplicatedFilter(committed))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			for _, successor := range successors {
-				err = tracked.Prompt(successor, promptSkipped)
-				if err != nil {
+				if err = tracked.Prompt(successor, promptSkipped); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go b/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go
index e449392b6..62dbb18ea 100644
--- a/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go
+++ b/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ package descriptor
 
 import (
 	"context"
+
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/content"
-	"sync"
 
 	"oras.land/oras/internal/docker"
 )
@@ -56,17 +56,18 @@ func GenerateContentKey(desc ocispec.Descriptor) string {
 	return desc.Digest.String() + desc.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle]
 }
 
-// GetSuccessors prints transfer status of successors.
-func GetSuccessors(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor, fetcher content.Fetcher, committed *sync.Map) (err error, successors []ocispec.Descriptor) {
+// GetSuccessors fetches successors and returns filterred ones.
+func GetSuccessors(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor, fetcher content.Fetcher, filter func(ocispec.Descriptor) bool) ([]ocispec.Descriptor, error) {
 	allSuccessors, err := content.Successors(ctx, fetcher, desc)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err, nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	var successors []ocispec.Descriptor
 	for _, s := range allSuccessors {
-		name := s.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle]
-		if v, ok := committed.Load(s.Digest.String()); ok && v != name {
+		if filter(s) {
 			successors = append(successors, s)
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, successors
+	return successors, nil
 }