diff --git a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
index 4d1517f74..8f8aa87d8 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
@@ -459,6 +459,11 @@ FOOTER;
                 $packageKey = $names[$item[0]->getName()];
                 $target = $link->getTarget();
                 $targetKey = is_int($names[$target]) ? $names[$target] : $names[$names[$target]];
+
+                if ($targetKey <= $packageKey) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 $groups[$targetKey] = array_merge($groups[$targetKey], $groups[$packageKey]);
 
                 foreach ($groups[$packageKey] as $originalItem) {
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/AutoloadGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/AutoloadGeneratorTest.php
index af318f4c7..51c360dae 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/AutoloadGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/AutoloadGeneratorTest.php
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ class AutoloadGeneratorTest extends TestCase
         $packages[] = $z = new Package('z/foo', '1.0', '1.0');
         $packages[] = $b = new Package('b/bar', '1.0', '1.0');
         $packages[] = $c = new Package('c/lorem', '1.0', '1.0');
+        $packages[] = $d = new Package('d/d', '1.0', '1.0');
+        $packages[] = $e = new Package('e/e', '1.0', '1.0');
 
         $z->setAutoload(array('files' => array('testA.php')));
         $z->setRequires(array(new Link('z/foo', 'c/lorem')));
@@ -337,6 +339,11 @@ class AutoloadGeneratorTest extends TestCase
 
         $c->setAutoload(array('files' => array('testC.php')));
 
+        $d->setAutoload(array('files' => array('testD.php')));
+
+        $e->setAutoload(array('files' => array('testE.php')));
+        $e->setRequires(array(new Link('e/e', 'c/lorem')));
+
         $this->repository->expects($this->once())
             ->method('getPackages')
             ->will($this->returnValue($packages));
@@ -344,9 +351,13 @@ class AutoloadGeneratorTest extends TestCase
         $this->fs->ensureDirectoryExists($this->vendorDir . '/z/foo');
         $this->fs->ensureDirectoryExists($this->vendorDir . '/b/bar');
         $this->fs->ensureDirectoryExists($this->vendorDir . '/c/lorem');
+        $this->fs->ensureDirectoryExists($this->vendorDir . '/d/d');
+        $this->fs->ensureDirectoryExists($this->vendorDir . '/e/e');
         file_put_contents($this->vendorDir . '/z/foo/testA.php', '<?php function testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency1() {}');
         file_put_contents($this->vendorDir . '/b/bar/testB.php', '<?php function testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency2() {}');
         file_put_contents($this->vendorDir . '/c/lorem/testC.php', '<?php function testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency3() {}');
+        file_put_contents($this->vendorDir . '/d/d/testD.php', '<?php function testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency4() {}');
+        file_put_contents($this->vendorDir . '/e/e/testE.php', '<?php function testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency5() {}');
         file_put_contents($this->workingDir . '/root.php', '<?php function testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependencyRoot() {}');
 
         $this->generator->dump($this->config, $this->repository, $package, $this->im, 'composer', false, 'FilesAutoloadOrder');
@@ -361,6 +372,8 @@ class AutoloadGeneratorTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertTrue(function_exists('testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency1'));
         $this->assertTrue(function_exists('testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency2'));
         $this->assertTrue(function_exists('testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency3'));
+        $this->assertTrue(function_exists('testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency4'));
+        $this->assertTrue(function_exists('testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependency5'));
         $this->assertTrue(function_exists('testFilesAutoloadOrderByDependencyRoot'));
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php
index b09592404..ac610bade 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class ComposerAutoloaderInitFilesAutoloadOrder
         require $vendorDir . '/z/foo/testA.php';
         require $baseDir . '/root.php';
         require $vendorDir . '/b/bar/testB.php';
+        require $vendorDir . '/d/d/testD.php';
+        require $vendorDir . '/e/e/testE.php';
 
         return $loader;
     }