diff --git a/crates/multi_buffer/src/path_key.rs b/crates/multi_buffer/src/path_key.rs
index 09d098ea0727906500b37acd8f694f569fea75e2..56f28d26642439f7869bad714a8b3191dd4edbec 100644
--- a/crates/multi_buffer/src/path_key.rs
+++ b/crates/multi_buffer/src/path_key.rs
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ impl MultiBuffer {
         }
 
         self.insert_excerpts_with_ids_after(insert_after, buffer, to_insert, cx);
+        // todo(lw): There is a logic bug somewhere that causes the to_remove vector to be not ordered correctly
+        to_remove.sort_by_cached_key(|&id| snapshot.excerpt_locator_for_id(id));
         self.remove_excerpts(to_remove, cx);
         if excerpt_ids.is_empty() {
             self.excerpts_by_path.remove(&path);