diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
index 1e3894c1fcd27..5a2ca145ac798 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
@@ -1323,7 +1323,6 @@ window.initSearch = rawSearchIndex => {
                 }
             }
             lev = levenshtein(searchWord, elem.pathLast);
-            lev += lev_add;
             if (lev > 0 && elem.pathLast.length > 2 && searchWord.indexOf(elem.pathLast) > -1)
             {
                 if (elem.pathLast.length < 6) {
@@ -1332,6 +1331,7 @@ window.initSearch = rawSearchIndex => {
                     lev = 0;
                 }
             }
+            lev += lev_add;
             if (lev > MAX_LEV_DISTANCE) {
                 return;
             } else if (index !== -1 && elem.fullPath.length < 2) {
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-js-std/path-ordering.js b/src/test/rustdoc-js-std/path-ordering.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7dcdd40231248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-js-std/path-ordering.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const QUERY = 'hashset::insert';
+
+const EXPECTED = {
+    'others': [
+        // ensure hashset::insert comes first
+        { 'path': 'std::collections::hash_set::HashSet', 'name': 'insert' },
+        { 'path': 'std::collections::hash_set::HashSet', 'name': 'get_or_insert' },
+        { 'path': 'std::collections::hash_set::HashSet', 'name': 'get_or_insert_with' },
+        { 'path': 'std::collections::hash_set::HashSet', 'name': 'get_or_insert_owned' },
+        { 'path': 'std::collections::hash_map::HashMap', 'name': 'insert' },
+    ],
+};
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-js/path-ordering.js b/src/test/rustdoc-js/path-ordering.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4aee569b0f481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-js/path-ordering.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// exact-check
+
+const QUERY = 'b::ccccccc';
+
+const EXPECTED = {
+    'others': [
+        // `ccccccc` is an exact match for all three of these.
+        // However `b` is a closer match for `bb` than for any
+        // of the others, so it ought to go first.
+        { 'path': 'path_ordering::bb', 'name': 'Ccccccc' },
+        { 'path': 'path_ordering::aa', 'name': 'Ccccccc' },
+        { 'path': 'path_ordering::dd', 'name': 'Ccccccc' },
+    ],
+};
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-js/path-ordering.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-js/path-ordering.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7843cf7f9dc48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-js/path-ordering.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pub mod dd {
+    pub struct Ccccccc;
+}
+pub mod aa {
+    pub struct Ccccccc;
+}
+pub mod bb {
+    pub struct Ccccccc;
+}