diff --git a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
index e974a73fd8..eee0137d80 100644
--- a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
+++ b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
@@ -812,7 +812,17 @@ func (x *XDPoS_v2) verifyQC(blockChainReader consensus.ChainReader, quorumCert *
 		return errors.New("fail to verify QC due to failure in getting epoch switch info")
 	}
 
-	signatures, duplicates := UniqueSignatures(quorumCert.Signatures)
+	signedVoteObj := types.VoteSigHash(&types.VoteForSign{
+		ProposedBlockInfo: quorumCert.ProposedBlockInfo,
+		GapNumber:         quorumCert.GapNumber,
+	})
+
+	signatures, duplicates, err := RecoverUniqueSigners(signedVoteObj, quorumCert.Signatures)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("[verifyQC] Error while getting unique signatures from QC", "qcBlockNum", quorumCert.ProposedBlockInfo.Number, "qcRound", quorumCert.ProposedBlockInfo.Round, "qcBlockHash", quorumCert.ProposedBlockInfo.Hash, "qcSignLen", len(quorumCert.Signatures), "error", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if len(duplicates) != 0 {
 		for _, d := range duplicates {
 			log.Warn("[verifyQC] duplicated signature in QC", "duplicate", common.Bytes2Hex(d))
@@ -835,10 +845,7 @@ func (x *XDPoS_v2) verifyQC(blockChainReader consensus.ChainReader, quorumCert *
 	for _, signature := range signatures {
 		go func(sig types.Signature) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			verified, _, err := x.verifyMsgSignature(types.VoteSigHash(&types.VoteForSign{
-				ProposedBlockInfo: quorumCert.ProposedBlockInfo,
-				GapNumber:         quorumCert.GapNumber,
-			}), sig, epochInfo.Masternodes)
+			verified, _, err := x.verifyMsgSignature(signedVoteObj, sig, epochInfo.Masternodes)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error("[verifyQC] Error while verfying QC message signatures", "Error", err)
 				haveError = errors.New("error while verfying QC message signatures")
diff --git a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/timeout.go b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/timeout.go
index ff689f45ef..3f7fe8d855 100644
--- a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/timeout.go
+++ b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/timeout.go
@@ -140,7 +140,16 @@ func (x *XDPoS_v2) verifyTC(chain consensus.ChainReader, timeoutCert *types.Time
 		return errors.New("empty master node lists from snapshot")
 	}
 
-	signatures, duplicates := UniqueSignatures(timeoutCert.Signatures)
+	signedTimeoutObj := types.TimeoutSigHash(&types.TimeoutForSign{
+		Round:     timeoutCert.Round,
+		GapNumber: timeoutCert.GapNumber,
+	})
+	signatures, duplicates, err := RecoverUniqueSigners(signedTimeoutObj, timeoutCert.Signatures)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("[verifyTC] Error while getting unique signatures", "tcRound", timeoutCert.Round, "tcGapNumber", timeoutCert.GapNumber, "tcSignLen", len(timeoutCert.Signatures), "error", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if len(duplicates) != 0 {
 		for _, d := range duplicates {
 			log.Warn("[verifyQC] duplicated signature in QC", "duplicate", common.Bytes2Hex(d))
@@ -164,11 +173,6 @@ func (x *XDPoS_v2) verifyTC(chain consensus.ChainReader, timeoutCert *types.Time
 	var mutex sync.Mutex
 	var haveError error
 
-	signedTimeoutObj := types.TimeoutSigHash(&types.TimeoutForSign{
-		Round:     timeoutCert.Round,
-		GapNumber: timeoutCert.GapNumber,
-	})
-
 	for _, signature := range signatures {
 		go func(sig types.Signature) {
 			defer wg.Done()
diff --git a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/utils.go b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/utils.go
index 0a0f2ad7a6..0b6d2401c6 100644
--- a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/utils.go
+++ b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/utils.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/accounts"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
@@ -75,20 +76,60 @@ func decodeMasternodesFromHeaderExtra(checkpointHeader *types.Header) []common.A
 	return masternodes
 }
 
-func UniqueSignatures(signatureSlice []types.Signature) ([]types.Signature, []types.Signature) {
-	keys := make(map[string]bool)
-	list := []types.Signature{}
-	duplicates := []types.Signature{}
-	for _, signature := range signatureSlice {
-		hexOfSig := common.Bytes2Hex(signature)
-		if _, value := keys[hexOfSig]; !value {
-			keys[hexOfSig] = true
-			list = append(list, signature)
+func RecoverUniqueSigners(signedHash common.Hash, signatureList []types.Signature) ([]types.Signature, []types.Signature, error) {
+	if (signedHash == common.Hash{}) {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("signedHash cannot be empty")
+	}
+	if len(signatureList) == 0 {
+		return []types.Signature{}, []types.Signature{}, nil
+	}
+
+	type Message struct {
+		pubkey common.Address
+		sig    types.Signature
+	}
+
+	result := make(chan Message, len(signatureList))
+	errCh := make(chan error, len(signatureList))
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(len(signatureList))
+	for _, signature := range signatureList {
+		go func(sig types.Signature) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			pubkey, err := crypto.Ecrecover(signedHash.Bytes(), signature)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("[UniqueSignatures] error while recovering public key", "error", err, "signature", common.Bytes2Hex(signature), "signedHash", signedHash.Hex())
+				errCh <- err
+				return
+			}
+			var signerAddress common.Address
+			copy(signerAddress[:], crypto.Keccak256(pubkey[1:])[12:])
+			result <- Message{pubkey: signerAddress, sig: sig}
+		}(signature)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(result)
+	close(errCh)
+
+	if len(errCh) > 0 {
+		return nil, nil, <-errCh
+	}
+
+	keys := make(map[string]struct{})
+	uniqueSigners := make([]types.Signature, 0, len(result))
+	duplicates := make([]types.Signature, 0, len(result))
+	for r := range result {
+		pubkeyHex := r.pubkey.Hex()
+		if _, ok := keys[pubkeyHex]; !ok {
+			keys[pubkeyHex] = struct{}{}
+			uniqueSigners = append(uniqueSigners, r.sig)
 		} else {
-			duplicates = append(duplicates, signature)
+			log.Warn("[UniqueSignatures] duplicate signing found", "pubkey", pubkeyHex, "signedMessage", signedHash.Hex(), "signature", r.sig)
+			duplicates = append(duplicates, r.sig)
 		}
 	}
-	return list, duplicates
+
+	return uniqueSigners, duplicates, nil
 }
 
 func (x *XDPoS_v2) signSignature(signingHash common.Hash) (types.Signature, error) {