Circuit arrangement for the redundant current supply of a load connected downstream, having: - at least one first current path comprising a first switching element (1, FET1) at which a first voltage is present on the input side; - at least one second current path comprising a second switching element (3, FET2) at which a second input voltage is present on the input side; - at least one first control device which is connected to the first current path and serves for controlling the first switching element (1, FET1); - at least one second control device which is connected to the second current path and serves for controlling the second switching element (3, FET2); and - a common output terminal of the first and second current paths, at which a load supply voltage is output; wherein - the first control device and the second control device are constructed from identical and identically interconnected elements and in a normal operating state, in which a uniform distribution of current portions from the first and second current paths into the downstream load is provided, the first control device holds the first switching element (1, FET1) in a conducting state via a first input (UB1_on) and the second control device holds the second switching element (3, FET2) in a conducting state via a first input (UB2_on), characterized in that - the first and second control device in each case has a second input (Isense) for detecting a current generated by the first (1, FET1) and second (3, FET2) switching element, respectively; and - the first and the second control device in each case has a first output for controlling the switching state of the first (1, FET1) and the second (3, FET2) switching element, respectively, depending on the current detected at the second input (Isense), such that upon the occurrence of an abnormal operating state, in which the uniform distribution of the current portion is not provided, depending on electrical properties of the first current path or of the second current path and depending on the number of current paths actually present, that one of the at least one or second control devices (2, 4) which is situated in the lowest-resistance current path switches the switching element in this current path automatically and in self-controlled fashion in to the conducting state, and switches switching elements which are situated in higher-resistance current paths automatically and in self-controlled fashion into a blocking state. - at least one first current path comprising a first switching element (1, FET1) at which a first voltage is present on the input side; - at least one second current path comprising a second switching element (3, FET2) at which a second input voltage is present on the input side; - at least one first control device which is connected to the first current path and serves for controlling the first switching element (1, FET1); - at least one second control device which is connected to the second current path and serves for controlling the second switching element (3, FET2); and - a common output terminal of the first and second current paths, at which a load supply voltage is output; wherein - the first control device and the second control device are constructed from identical and identically interconnected elements and in a normal operating state, in which a uniform distribution of current portions from the first and second current paths into the downstream load is provided, the first control device holds the first switching element (1, FET1) in a conducting state via a first input (UB1_on) and the second control device holds the second switching element (3, FET2) in a conducting state via a first input (UB2_on), characterized in that - the first and second control device in each case has a second input (Isense) for detecting a current generated by the first (1, FET1) and second (3, FET2) switching element, respectively; and - the first and the second control device in each case has a first output for controlling the switching state of the first (1, FET1) and the second (3, FET2) switching element, respectively, depending on the current detected at the second input (Isense), such that upon the occurrence of an abnormal operating state, in which the uniform distribution of the current portion is not provided, depending on electrical properties of the first current path or of the second current path and depending on the number of current paths actually present, that one of the at least one or second control devices (2, 4) which is situated in the lowest-resistance current path switches the switching element in this current path automatically and in self-controlled fashion in to the conducting state, and switches switching elements which are situated in higher-resistance current paths automatically and in self-controlled fashion into a blocking state.