diff --git a/geometry.cpp b/geometry.cpp
index 54df8d68..162ec6b5 100644
--- a/geometry.cpp
+++ b/geometry.cpp
@@ -221,8 +221,10 @@ drawvec reduce_tiny_poly(drawvec &geom, int z, int detail, bool *reduced, double
 				// in a tiny polygon rather than letting it represent itself,
 				// OR it is an inner ring and we haven't output an outer ring for it to be
 				// cut out of, so we are just subtracting its area from the tiny polygon
-				// rather than trying to deal with it geometrically
-				if ((area > 0 && area <= pixel * pixel) || (area < 0 && -area <= pixel * pixel && !included_last_outer)) {
+				// rather than trying to deal with it geometrically (even if it is too big
+				// to really be considered a tiny polygon, which shouldn't happen because
+				// it should be smaller than its outer ring, which was considered tiny).
+				if ((area > 0 && area <= pixel * pixel) || (area < 0 && !included_last_outer)) {
 					// printf("area is only %f vs %lld so using square\n", area, pixel * pixel);
 
 					*accum_area += area;
diff --git a/tests/polygon-winding/out/-z0_--reverse-source-polygon-winding.json b/tests/polygon-winding/out/-z0_--reverse-source-polygon-winding.json
index 7ab54f5f..fcbc8b14 100644
--- a/tests/polygon-winding/out/-z0_--reverse-source-polygon-winding.json
+++ b/tests/polygon-winding/out/-z0_--reverse-source-polygon-winding.json
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@
 "type": "overlay",
 "version": "2"
 }, "features": [
+{ "type": "FeatureCollection", "properties": { "zoom": 0, "x": 0, "y": 0 }, "features": [
+{ "type": "FeatureCollection", "properties": { "layer": "in", "version": 2, "extent": 4096 }, "features": [
+{ "type": "Feature", "properties": {  }, "geometry": { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ 100.810547, 0.790990 ], [ 100.810547, 0.175781 ], [ 100.195312, 0.175781 ], [ 100.195312, 0.790990 ], [ 100.810547, 0.790990 ] ] ] } }
+] }
+] }
 ] }