diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/options.py b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
index 0e3c044e9b3..ff13aac41b6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/options.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
@@ -1575,14 +1575,19 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
                 else:
                     action_failed = True
 
+        if action_failed:
+            # Redirect back to the changelist page to avoid resubmitting the
+            # form if the user refreshes the browser or uses the "No, take
+            # me back" button on the action confirmation page.
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(request.get_full_path())
+
         # If we're allowing changelist editing, we need to construct a formset
         # for the changelist given all the fields to be edited. Then we'll
         # use the formset to validate/process POSTed data.
         formset = cl.formset = None
 
         # Handle POSTed bulk-edit data.
-        if (request.method == "POST" and cl.list_editable and
-                '_save' in request.POST and not action_failed):
+        if request.method == 'POST' and cl.list_editable and '_save' in request.POST:
             FormSet = self.get_changelist_formset(request)
             formset = cl.formset = FormSet(request.POST, request.FILES, queryset=self.get_queryset(request))
             if formset.is_valid():
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 2d86487e517..c6894dd2a21 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -3406,7 +3406,10 @@ action)</option>
             'action': 'delete_selected',
             'index': 0,
         }
-        response = self.client.post(reverse('admin:admin_views_subscriber_changelist'), action_data)
+        url = reverse('admin:admin_views_subscriber_changelist')
+        response = self.client.post(url, action_data)
+        self.assertRedirects(response, url, fetch_redirect_response=False)
+        response = self.client.get(response.url)
         msg = """Items must be selected in order to perform actions on them. No items have been changed."""
         self.assertContains(response, msg)
         self.assertEqual(Subscriber.objects.count(), 2)
@@ -3420,7 +3423,10 @@ action)</option>
             'action': '',
             'index': 0,
         }
-        response = self.client.post(reverse('admin:admin_views_subscriber_changelist'), action_data)
+        url = reverse('admin:admin_views_subscriber_changelist')
+        response = self.client.post(url, action_data)
+        self.assertRedirects(response, url, fetch_redirect_response=False)
+        response = self.client.get(response.url)
         msg = """No action selected."""
         self.assertContains(response, msg)
         self.assertEqual(Subscriber.objects.count(), 2)