diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html/clip.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html/clip.dart
index d2fd64fed746fded52e0b6a2d6a2238ecf377464..0cab23794627770a54689cc1a30c84f79f9acfa6 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html/clip.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html/clip.dart
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ class PersistedPhysicalShape extends PersistedContainerSurface
         offsetY: -pathBounds.top,
         scaleX: 1.0 / pathBounds.width,
         scaleY: 1.0 / pathBounds.height);
-    assert(_clipElement == null);
+    // If apply is called multiple times (without update) , remove prior
+    // svg clip element.
+    _clipElement?.remove();
     _clipElement =
         html.Element.html(svgClipPath, treeSanitizer: _NullTreeSanitizer());
     domRenderer.append(rootElement!, _clipElement!);
@@ -325,15 +327,22 @@ class PersistedPhysicalShape extends PersistedContainerSurface
     }
     if (oldSurface.path != path) {
       oldSurface._clipElement?.remove();
+      oldSurface._clipElement = null;
+      _clipElement?.remove();
+      _clipElement = null;
       // Reset style on prior element since we may have switched between
       // rect/rrect and arbitrary path.
       domRenderer.setElementStyle(rootElement!, 'clip-path', '');
       domRenderer.setElementStyle(rootElement!, '-webkit-clip-path', '');
       _applyShape();
     } else {
+      // Reuse clipElement from prior surface.
       _clipElement = oldSurface._clipElement;
+      if (_clipElement != null) {
+        domRenderer.append(rootElement!, _clipElement!);
+      }
+      oldSurface._clipElement = null;
     }
-    oldSurface._clipElement = null;
   }
 }
 
@@ -362,7 +371,8 @@ class PersistedClipPath extends PersistedContainerSurface
   @override
   void apply() {
     _clipElement?.remove();
-    final String svgClipPath = createSvgClipDef(childContainer as html.HtmlElement, clipPath);
+    final String svgClipPath =
+        createSvgClipDef(childContainer as html.HtmlElement, clipPath);
     _clipElement =
         html.Element.html(svgClipPath, treeSanitizer: _NullTreeSanitizer());
     domRenderer.append(childContainer!, _clipElement!);
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/surface/surface_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/surface/surface_test.dart
index d7dbe9c827afd8a5a36c8908f411828857516957..d8c2cea4a88113aea0a829aa9273964e58ece902 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/surface/surface_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/surface/surface_test.dart
@@ -359,6 +359,22 @@ void testMain() {
       expect(
           opacityLayer2.rootElement, element); // adopts old surface's element
     });
+
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/60461
+    //
+    // During retained match many to many, build can be called on existing
+    // PersistedPhysicalShape multiple times when not matched.
+    test('Can call apply multiple times on existing PersistedPhysicalShape'
+        'when using arbitrary path',
+            () {
+      final SceneBuilder builder1 = SceneBuilder();
+      final Path path = Path();
+      path.addPolygon([Offset(50, 0), Offset(100, 80), Offset(20, 40)], true);
+      PersistedPhysicalShape shape = builder1.pushPhysicalShape(path: path,
+        color: Color(0xFF00FF00), elevation: 1);
+      builder1.build();
+      expect(() => shape.apply(), returnsNormally);
+    });
   });
 }