diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 880c861..42e59dc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ script:
   # run tests with a few different configurations
   - make test QUIET=1 CFLAGS+="-DLFS_READ_SIZE=1      -DLFS_CACHE_SIZE=4"
   - make test QUIET=1 CFLAGS+="-DLFS_READ_SIZE=512    -DLFS_CACHE_SIZE=512 -DLFS_BLOCK_CYCLES=16"
+  - make test QUIET=1 CFLAGS+="-DLFS_READ_SIZE=8      -DLFS_CACHE_SIZE=16  -DLFS_BLOCK_CYCLES=2"
   - make test QUIET=1 CFLAGS+="-DLFS_BLOCK_COUNT=1023 -DLFS_LOOKAHEAD_SIZE=256"
 
   - make clean test QUIET=1 CFLAGS+="-DLFS_INLINE_MAX=0"
diff --git a/lfs.c b/lfs.c
index 719d199..4553a6e 100644
--- a/lfs.c
+++ b/lfs.c
@@ -929,6 +929,11 @@ static lfs_stag_t lfs_dir_fetchmatch(lfs_t *lfs,
                 if (res == LFS_CMP_EQ) {
                     // found a match
                     tempbesttag = tag;
+                } else if ((LFS_MKTAG(0x7ff, 0x3ff, 0) & tag) ==
+                        (LFS_MKTAG(0x7ff, 0x3ff, 0) & tempbesttag)) {
+                    // found an identical tag, but contents didn't match
+                    // this must mean that our besttag has been overwritten
+                    tempbesttag = -1;
                 } else if (res == LFS_CMP_GT &&
                         lfs_tag_id(tag) <= lfs_tag_id(tempbesttag)) {
                     // found a greater match, keep track to keep things sorted
@@ -1378,6 +1383,7 @@ static int lfs_dir_split(lfs_t *lfs,
         lfs_mdir_t *dir, const struct lfs_mattr *attrs, int attrcount,
         lfs_mdir_t *source, uint16_t split, uint16_t end) {
     // create tail directory
+    lfs_alloc_ack(lfs);
     lfs_mdir_t tail;
     int err = lfs_dir_alloc(lfs, &tail);
     if (err) {
diff --git a/tests/test_alloc.sh b/tests/test_alloc.sh
index d9f233b..0669850 100755
--- a/tests/test_alloc.sh
+++ b/tests/test_alloc.sh
@@ -250,6 +250,14 @@ scripts/test.py << TEST
     lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
 TEST
 
+## Below, these tests depend _very_ heavily on the geometry of the
+## block device being tested, they should be removed and replaced
+## by generalized tests. For now we'll just skip if the geometry
+## is customized.
+
+if [[ ! $MAKEFLAGS =~ "LFS_BLOCK_CYCLES" ]]
+then
+
 echo "--- Chained dir exhaustion test ---"
 scripts/test.py << TEST
     lfs_mount(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;
@@ -481,4 +489,6 @@ scripts/test.py << TEST
     lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
 TEST
 
+fi
+
 scripts/results.py
diff --git a/tests/test_relocations.sh b/tests/test_relocations.sh
index 4a371ea..5244e5e 100755
--- a/tests/test_relocations.sh
+++ b/tests/test_relocations.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,57 @@ scripts/test.py << TEST
     lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
 TEST
 
+echo "--- Dangling split dir test ---"
+scripts/test.py << TEST
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;
+    for (int j = 0; j < $ITERATIONS; j++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < $COUNT; i++) {
+            sprintf(path, "child/test%03d_loooooooooooooooooong_name", i);
+            lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, path, LFS_O_CREAT | LFS_O_WRONLY) => 0;
+            lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+        }
+
+        lfs_dir_open(&lfs, &dir, "child") => 0;
+        lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 1;
+        lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 1;
+        for (int i = 0; i < $COUNT; i++) {
+            sprintf(path, "test%03d_loooooooooooooooooong_name", i);
+            lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 1;
+            strcmp(info.name, path) => 0;
+        }
+        lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 0;
+        lfs_dir_close(&lfs, &dir) => 0;
+
+        if (j == $ITERATIONS-1) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < $COUNT; i++) {
+            sprintf(path, "child/test%03d_loooooooooooooooooong_name", i);
+            lfs_remove(&lfs, path) => 0;
+        }
+    }
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+TEST
+scripts/test.py << TEST
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_dir_open(&lfs, &dir, "child") => 0;
+    lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 1;
+    lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 1;
+    for (int i = 0; i < $COUNT; i++) {
+        sprintf(path, "test%03d_loooooooooooooooooong_name", i);
+        lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 1;
+        strcmp(info.name, path) => 0;
+    }
+    lfs_dir_read(&lfs, &dir, &info) => 0;
+    lfs_dir_close(&lfs, &dir) => 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < $COUNT; i++) {
+        sprintf(path, "child/test%03d_loooooooooooooooooong_name", i);
+        lfs_remove(&lfs, path) => 0;
+    }
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+TEST
+
 echo "--- Outdated head test ---"
 scripts/test.py << TEST
     lfs_mount(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;