diff --git a/line-log.c b/line-log.c
index 4bbb09be5..8cc29a000 100644
--- a/line-log.c
+++ b/line-log.c
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ static void sort_and_merge_range_set(struct range_set *rs)
 
 	for (i = 1; i < rs->nr; i++) {
 		if (rs->ranges[i].start <= rs->ranges[o-1].end) {
-			rs->ranges[o-1].end = rs->ranges[i].end;
+			if (rs->ranges[o-1].end < rs->ranges[i].end)
+				rs->ranges[o-1].end = rs->ranges[i].end;
 		} else {
 			rs->ranges[o].start = rs->ranges[i].start;
 			rs->ranges[o].end = rs->ranges[i].end;
diff --git a/t/t4211-line-log.sh b/t/t4211-line-log.sh
index 549df9e05..7776f93e3 100755
--- a/t/t4211-line-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4211-line-log.sh
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ canned_test "-M -L ':f:b.c' parallel-change" parallel-change-f-to-main
 canned_test "-L 4,12:a.c -L :main:a.c simple" multiple
 canned_test "-L 4,18:a.c -L :main:a.c simple" multiple-overlapping
 canned_test "-L :main:a.c -L 4,18:a.c simple" multiple-overlapping
-canned_test_failure "-L 4:a.c -L 8,12:a.c simple" multiple-superset
-canned_test_failure "-L 8,12:a.c -L 4:a.c simple" multiple-superset
+canned_test "-L 4:a.c -L 8,12:a.c simple" multiple-superset
+canned_test "-L 8,12:a.c -L 4:a.c simple" multiple-superset
 
 test_bad_opts "-L" "switch.*requires a value"
 test_bad_opts "-L b.c" "argument.*not of the form"