diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.16.0.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.16.0.rst
index 69283b27ce..7f56a2cb30 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.16.0.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.16.0.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Deprecations
 
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
+* Fix incorrect column naming when parsing data from logical record
+  0500 using :py:func:`~pvlib.iotools.read_bsrn` or
+  :py:func:`~pvlib.iotools.get_bsrn`.
+  (:issue:`2835`, :pull:`2841`)
 * :py:func:`~pvlib.irradiance.perez` no longer raises ``ZeroDivisionError`` on
   scalar ``dhi=0`` input (e.g. nighttime); the scalar path now returns the same
   finite value as the array path. (:pull:`2826`)
diff --git a/pvlib/iotools/bsrn.py b/pvlib/iotools/bsrn.py
index 9b5e1bd1a1..fff3f72614 100644
--- a/pvlib/iotools/bsrn.py
+++ b/pvlib/iotools/bsrn.py
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@
 BSRN_LR0500_COLUMNS = ['day', 'minute', 'uva_global', 'uva_global_std',
                        'uva_global_min', 'uva_global_max', 'uvb_direct',
                        'uvb_direct_std', 'uvb_direct_min', 'uvb_direct_max',
-                       'empty', 'empty', 'empty', 'empty',
+                       'empty', 'empty', 'empty', 'empty', 'empty', 'empty',
                        'uvb_global', 'uvb_global_std', 'uvb_global_min',
                        'uvb_global_max', 'uvb_diffuse', 'uvb_diffuse_std',
-                       'uvb_diffuse', 'uvb_diffuse_std',
                        'uvb_diffuse_min', 'uvb_diffuse_max',
                        'uvb_reflected', 'uvb_reflected_std',
                        'uvb_reflected_min', 'uvb_reflected_max']
diff --git a/tests/iotools/test_bsrn.py b/tests/iotools/test_bsrn.py
index 8d8f905635..5bb9434f47 100644
--- a/tests/iotools/test_bsrn.py
+++ b/tests/iotools/test_bsrn.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ def test_read_bsrn_logical_records(expected_index):
     assert 'uva_global' in data.columns
     assert 'uvb_reflected_std' in data.columns
     assert 'ghi' not in data.columns
+    # Check that there are no duplicate columns when parsing
+    # LR0500 data (see #2841)
+    assert not data.columns.duplicated().any()
 
 
 def test_read_bsrn_bad_logical_record():