diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index bc71b0f35b..2095491735 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int verify_ordered(unsigned mode1, const char *name1,
 			if (!f_name)
 				break;
 			if (!skip_prefix(name2, f_name, &p))
-				break;
+				continue;
 			if (!*p)
 				return TREE_HAS_DUPS;
 			if (is_less_than_slash(*p)) {
diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index 7e70a253f8..6555a62099 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ check_duplicate_names () {
 
 check_duplicate_names success x x.1 x/
 check_duplicate_names success x x.1.2 x.1/ x/
-check_duplicate_names failure x x.1 x.1.2 x/
+check_duplicate_names success x x.1 x.1.2 x/
 
 test_expect_success 'unparseable tree object' '
 	test_oid_cache <<-\EOF &&