diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs
index 8f643a7d1e..50a1b22f44 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::ops::RangeFrom;
 
+use futures::TryStreamExt;
+use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::error::Result;
@@ -164,29 +166,44 @@ impl<'a> SnapshotProducer<'a> {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn validate_duplicate_files(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let Some(current_snapshot) = self.table.metadata().current_snapshot() else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
+
         let new_files: HashSet<&str> = self
             .added_data_files
             .iter()
             .map(|df| df.file_path.as_str())
             .collect();
 
-        let mut referenced_files = Vec::new();
-        if let Some(current_snapshot) = self.table.metadata().current_snapshot() {
-            let manifest_list = current_snapshot
-                .load_manifest_list(self.table.file_io(), &self.table.metadata_ref())
-                .await?;
-            for manifest_list_entry in manifest_list.entries() {
-                let manifest = manifest_list_entry
-                    .load_manifest(self.table.file_io())
-                    .await?;
-                for entry in manifest.entries() {
-                    let file_path = entry.file_path();
-                    if new_files.contains(file_path) && entry.is_alive() {
-                        referenced_files.push(file_path.to_string());
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        let runtime = self.table.runtime();
+        let file_io = self.table.file_io();
+        let manifest_list = current_snapshot
+            .load_manifest_list(file_io, &self.table.metadata_ref())
+            .await?;
+
+        let new_files_ref = &new_files;
+        let referenced_files: Vec<String> = manifest_list
+            .consume_entries()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|entry| {
+                let file_io = file_io.clone();
+                runtime
+                    .io()
+                    .spawn(async move { entry.load_manifest(&file_io).await })
+            })
+            .collect::<FuturesUnordered<_>>()
+            .try_fold(Vec::new(), |mut acc, manifest| async move {
+                acc.extend(
+                    manifest?
+                        .entries()
+                        .iter()
+                        .filter(|e| new_files_ref.contains(e.file_path()) && e.is_alive())
+                        .map(|e| e.file_path().to_string()),
+                );
+                Ok(acc)
+            })
+            .await?;
 
         if !referenced_files.is_empty() {
             return Err(Error::new(