diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommandTest.java
index d1522e98e..86239023d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommandTest.java
@@ -563,10 +563,10 @@ private void doTestRebasePreservingMergesWithUnrelatedSide(
 			RevCommit newD = rw.next();
 			assertDerivedFrom(newD, d);
 			assertEquals(2, newD.getParentCount());
-			RevCommit newE = rw.next();
-			assertEquals(e, newE);
 			RevCommit newC = rw.next();
 			assertDerivedFrom(newC, c);
+			RevCommit newE = rw.next();
+			assertEquals(e, newE);
 			assertEquals(newC, newD.getParent(0));
 			assertEquals(e, newD.getParent(1));
 			assertEquals(g, rw.next());
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revplot/PlotCommitListTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revplot/PlotCommitListTest.java
index 45225a2bd..4e0bba2f2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revplot/PlotCommitListTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revplot/PlotCommitListTest.java
@@ -254,12 +254,12 @@ public void testBug368927() throws Exception {
 			int posI = test.commit(i).lanePos(childPositions).parents(h)
 					.getLanePos();
 			test.commit(h).lanePos(posI).parents(f);
+			test.commit(g).lanePos(childPositions).parents(a);
 			test.commit(f).lanePos(posI).parents(e, d);
-			test.commit(d).lanePos(1).parents(b);
 			test.commit(e).lanePos(posI).parents(c);
+			test.commit(d).lanePos(2).parents(b);
 			test.commit(c).lanePos(posI).parents(b);
 			test.commit(b).lanePos(posI).parents(a);
-			test.commit(g).lanePos(childPositions).parents(a);
 			test.commit(a).lanePos(0).parents();
 		}
 	}
@@ -325,42 +325,42 @@ public void testEgitHistory() throws Exception {
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
 			test.commit(merge_update_eclipse)
 					.parents(add_a_clear, update_eclipse).lanePos(mainPos);
-			test.commit(update_eclipse).parents(add_Maven).lanePos(2);
 			test.commit(add_a_clear).parents(fix_broken).lanePos(mainPos);
 			test.commit(fix_broken).parents(merge_disable_comment)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
 			test.commit(merge_disable_comment)
 					.parents(merge_resolve_handler, disable_comment)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
-			test.commit(disable_comment).parents(clone_operation).lanePos(3);
+			test.commit(disable_comment).parents(clone_operation).lanePos(2);
 			test.commit(merge_resolve_handler)
 					.parents(clone_operation, resolve_handler).lanePos(mainPos);
-			test.commit(resolve_handler).parents(merge_fix).lanePos(4);
+			test.commit(update_eclipse).parents(add_Maven).lanePos(3);
 			test.commit(clone_operation).parents(merge_changeset_implementation)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
 			test.commit(merge_changeset_implementation)
 					.parents(merge_disable_source, changeset_implementation)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
-			test.commit(changeset_implementation).parents(clear_repositorycache)
-					.lanePos(1);
 			test.commit(merge_disable_source)
 					.parents(update_eclipse_iplog2, disable_source)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
-			test.commit(disable_source).parents(merge_use_remote).lanePos(3);
 			test.commit(update_eclipse_iplog2).parents(merge_use_remote)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
+			test.commit(disable_source).parents(merge_use_remote).lanePos(1);
 			test.commit(merge_use_remote)
 					.parents(update_eclipse_iplog, use_remote).lanePos(mainPos);
-			test.commit(use_remote).parents(clear_repositorycache).lanePos(3);
+			test.commit(changeset_implementation).parents(clear_repositorycache)
+					.lanePos(2);
 			test.commit(update_eclipse_iplog).parents(merge_add_Maven)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
 			test.commit(merge_add_Maven).parents(findToolBar_layout, add_Maven)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
-			test.commit(add_Maven).parents(clear_repositorycache).lanePos(2);
 			test.commit(findToolBar_layout).parents(clear_repositorycache)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
+			test.commit(use_remote).parents(clear_repositorycache).lanePos(1);
+			test.commit(add_Maven).parents(clear_repositorycache).lanePos(3);
 			test.commit(clear_repositorycache).parents(merge_remove)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
+			test.commit(resolve_handler).parents(merge_fix).lanePos(4);
 			test.commit(merge_remove).parents(add_simple, remove_unused)
 					.lanePos(mainPos);
 			test.commit(remove_unused).parents(merge_fix).lanePos(1);
@@ -453,36 +453,33 @@ public void testBug419359() throws Exception {
 			pcl.source(pw);
 			pcl.fillTo(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 
-			Set<Integer> positions = asSet(0, 1);
-			CommitListAssert test = new CommitListAssert(pcl);
-			int posA = test.commit(a5).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
-			test.commit(a4);
-			test.commit(a3).lanePos(posA);
-			test.commit(e);
-			test.commit(d);
-			test.commit(a2).lanePos(posA);
-			int posB = test.commit(b3).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
-			test.commit(b2).lanePos(posB);
-			test.commit(b1).lanePos(posB);
-			test.commit(c);
-			test.commit(a1).lanePos(posA);
-			test.noMoreCommits();
-			assertNotEquals("a lane is the same as b lane", posA, posB);
+			// test that the commits b1, b2 and b3 are on the same position
+			int bPos = pcl.get(9).lane.position; // b1
+			assertEquals("b2 is an a different position", bPos,
+					pcl.get(7).lane.position);
+			assertEquals("b3 is on a different position", bPos,
+					pcl.get(4).lane.position);
+
+			// test that nothing blocks the connections between b1, b2 and b3
+			assertNotEquals("b lane is blocked by c", bPos,
+					pcl.get(8).lane.position);
+			assertNotEquals("b lane is blocked by a2", bPos,
+					pcl.get(6).lane.position);
+			assertNotEquals("b lane is blocked by d", bPos,
+					pcl.get(5).lane.position);
 		}
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * <pre>
 	 *    b3
-	 * a5 |
-	 * |  |
 	 * a4 |
 	 * | \|
 	 * |  b2
 	 * a3 |
 	 * | \|
-	 * |  b1
 	 * a2 |
+	 * |  b1
 	 * | /
 	 * a1
 	 * </pre>
@@ -497,11 +494,10 @@ public void testMultipleMerges() throws Exception {
 		final RevCommit a3 = commit(a2, b1);
 		final RevCommit b2 = commit(b1);
 		final RevCommit a4 = commit(a3, b2);
-		final RevCommit a5 = commit(a4);
 		final RevCommit b3 = commit(b2);
 
 		try (PlotWalk pw = new PlotWalk(db)) {
-			pw.markStart(pw.lookupCommit(a5));
+			pw.markStart(pw.lookupCommit(a4));
 			pw.markStart(pw.lookupCommit(b3));
 			PlotCommitList<PlotLane> pcl = new PlotCommitList<>();
 			pcl.source(pw);
@@ -510,12 +506,11 @@ public void testMultipleMerges() throws Exception {
 			Set<Integer> positions = asSet(0, 1);
 			CommitListAssert test = new CommitListAssert(pcl);
 			int posB = test.commit(b3).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
-			int posA = test.commit(a5).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
-			test.commit(a4).lanePos(posA);
+			int posA = test.commit(a4).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
 			test.commit(b2).lanePos(posB);
 			test.commit(a3).lanePos(posA);
-			test.commit(b1).lanePos(posB);
 			test.commit(a2).lanePos(posA);
+			test.commit(b1).lanePos(posB);
 			test.commit(a1).lanePos(posA);
 			test.noMoreCommits();
 		}
@@ -524,17 +519,13 @@ public void testMultipleMerges() throws Exception {
 	/**
 	 * <pre>
 	 * a4
-	 * |
-	 * a3
-	 * | \\
-	 * a2  \\
-	 * |    \\
-	 * |  b3 ||
-	 * |  |  ||
-	 * |  b2 ||
-	 * |  | //
-	 * |  b1
-	 * |  |
+	 * |   b3
+	 * a3  |
+	 * | \\|
+	 * |   |\\
+	 * |   b2||
+	 * a2  | //
+	 * |   b1
 	 * | /
 	 * a1
 	 * </pre>
@@ -561,10 +552,10 @@ public void testMergeBlockedBySelf() throws Exception {
 			Set<Integer> positions = asSet(0, 1);
 			CommitListAssert test = new CommitListAssert(pcl);
 			int posA = test.commit(a4).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
-			test.commit(a3).lanePos(posA);
-			test.commit(a2).lanePos(posA);
 			int posB = test.commit(b3).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
+			test.commit(a3).lanePos(posA);
 			test.commit(b2).lanePos(posB);
+			test.commit(a2).lanePos(posA);
 			// b1 is not repositioned, uses "detour lane"
 			// (drawn as a double arc in the ascii graph above)
 			test.commit(b1).lanePos(posB);
@@ -578,14 +569,13 @@ public void testMergeBlockedBySelf() throws Exception {
 	 *      b2
 	 * a4   |
 	 * |  \ |
-	 * |    b1
-	 * a3   |
+	 * a3  \|
 	 * | \  |
 	 * |  c |
 	 * | /  |
 	 * a2   |
-	 * |    |
-	 * |   /
+	 * |    b1
+	 *     /
 	 * |  /
 	 * a1
 	 * </pre>
@@ -614,10 +604,10 @@ public void testMergeBlockedByOther() throws Exception {
 			CommitListAssert test = new CommitListAssert(pcl);
 			int posB = test.commit(b2).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
 			int posA = test.commit(a4).lanePos(positions).getLanePos();
-			test.commit(b1).lanePos(posB); // repositioned to go around c
 			test.commit(a3).lanePos(posA);
 			test.commit(c).lanePos(positions);
 			test.commit(a2).lanePos(posA);
+			test.commit(b1).lanePos(posB); // repositioned to go around c
 			test.commit(a1).lanePos(posA);
 			test.noMoreCommits();
 		}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkSortTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkSortTest.java
index 3f29e09e3..6f110fa31 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkSortTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkSortTest.java
@@ -144,110 +144,4 @@ public void testSort_TOPO_REVERSE() throws Exception {
 		assertCommit(d, rw.next());
 		assertNull(rw.next());
 	}
-
-        @Test
-	public void testSort_TOPO_OutOfOrderCommitTimes() throws Exception {
-		// b is committed before c2 in a different line of history.
-		//
-		final RevCommit a = commit();
-		final RevCommit c1 = commit(a);
-		final RevCommit b = commit(a);
-		final RevCommit c2 = commit(c1);
-		final RevCommit d = commit(b, c2);
-
-		rw.sort(RevSort.TOPO);
-		markStart(d);
-		assertCommit(d, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(c2, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(c1, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a, rw.next());
-		assertNull(rw.next());
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testSort_TOPO_MultipleLinesOfHistory() throws Exception {
-		final RevCommit a1 = commit();
-		final RevCommit b1 = commit(a1);
-		final RevCommit a2 = commit(a1, b1);
-		final RevCommit b2 = commit(b1);
-		final RevCommit b3 = commit(b1);
-		final RevCommit a3 = commit(a2, b2);
-		final RevCommit a4 = commit(a3, b3);
-
-		rw.sort(RevSort.TOPO);
-		markStart(a4);
-		assertCommit(a4, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b3, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a3, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b2, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a2, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b1, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a1, rw.next());
-		assertNull(rw.next());
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testSort_TOPO_REVERSE_MultipleLinesOfHistory()
-			throws Exception {
-		final RevCommit a1 = commit();
-		final RevCommit b1 = commit(a1);
-		final RevCommit a2 = commit(a1, b1);
-		final RevCommit b2 = commit(b1);
-		final RevCommit b3 = commit(b1);
-		final RevCommit a3 = commit(a2, b2);
-		final RevCommit a4 = commit(a3, b3);
-
-		rw.sort(RevSort.TOPO);
-		rw.sort(RevSort.REVERSE, true);
-		markStart(a4);
-		assertCommit(a1, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b1, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a2, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b2, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a3, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b3, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a4, rw.next());
-		assertNull(rw.next());
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testSort_TOPO_ParentOfMultipleStartChildren() throws Exception {
-		final RevCommit a = commit();
-		final RevCommit b = commit(a);
-		final RevCommit c = commit(a);
-		final RevCommit d1 = commit(a);
-		final RevCommit d2 = commit(d1);
-		final RevCommit e = commit(a);
-
-		rw.sort(RevSort.TOPO);
-		markStart(b);
-		markStart(c);
-		markStart(d2);
-		markStart(e);
-		assertCommit(e, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(d2, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(d1, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(c, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a, rw.next());
-		assertNull(rw.next());
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testSort_TOPO_Uninteresting() throws Exception {
-		final RevCommit a1 = commit();
-		final RevCommit a2 = commit(a1);
-		final RevCommit a3 = commit(a2);
-		final RevCommit b = commit(a1);
-		final RevCommit a4 = commit(a3, b);
-
-		rw.sort(RevSort.TOPO);
-		markStart(a4);
-		markUninteresting(a2);
-		assertCommit(a4, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(b, rw.next());
-		assertCommit(a3, rw.next());
-		assertNull(rw.next());
-	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObject.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObject.java
index 1abcf6962..5ce4bc33b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObject.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObject.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public String toString() {
 	 *            buffer to append a debug description of core RevFlags onto.
 	 */
 	protected void appendCoreFlags(StringBuilder s) {
-		s.append((flags & RevWalk.TOPO_QUEUED) != 0 ? 'o' : '-');
+		s.append((flags & RevWalk.TOPO_DELAY) != 0 ? 'o' : '-');
 		s.append((flags & RevWalk.TEMP_MARK) != 0 ? 't' : '-');
 		s.append((flags & RevWalk.REWRITE) != 0 ? 'r' : '-');
 		s.append((flags & RevWalk.UNINTERESTING) != 0 ? 'u' : '-');
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
index 383428c85..f425e8761 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ public class RevWalk implements Iterable<RevCommit>, AutoCloseable {
 	/**
 	 * Temporary mark for use within {@link TopoSortGenerator}.
 	 * <p>
-	 * This mark indicates the commit has been queued for emission in
-	 * {@link TopoSortGenerator} and can be produced. This mark is removed when
-	 * the commit has been produced.
+	 * This mark indicates the commit could not produce when it wanted to, as at
+	 * least one child was behind it. Commits with this flag are delayed until
+	 * all children have been output first.
 	 */
-	static final int TOPO_QUEUED = 1 << 5;
+	static final int TOPO_DELAY = 1 << 5;
 
 	/** Number of flag bits we keep internal for our own use. See above flags. */
 	static final int RESERVED_FLAGS = 6;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/TopoSortGenerator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/TopoSortGenerator.java
index 3c553b06c..7a5db43a7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/TopoSortGenerator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/TopoSortGenerator.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 /** Sorts commits in topological order. */
 class TopoSortGenerator extends Generator {
-	private static final int TOPO_QUEUED = RevWalk.TOPO_QUEUED;
+	private static final int TOPO_DELAY = RevWalk.TOPO_DELAY;
 
 	private final FIFORevQueue pending;
 
@@ -47,16 +47,12 @@ class TopoSortGenerator extends Generator {
 			if (c == null) {
 				break;
 			}
-			if ((c.flags & TOPO_QUEUED) == 0) {
-				for (RevCommit p : c.parents) {
-					p.inDegree++;
-
-					if (firstParent) {
-						break;
-					}
+			for (RevCommit p : c.parents) {
+				p.inDegree++;
+				if (firstParent) {
+					break;
 				}
 			}
-			c.flags |= TOPO_QUEUED;
 			pending.add(c);
 		}
 	}
@@ -75,42 +71,34 @@ void shareFreeList(BlockRevQueue q) {
 	RevCommit next() throws MissingObjectException,
 			IncorrectObjectTypeException, IOException {
 		for (;;) {
-			RevCommit c = pending.next();
-			if (c == null) {
+			final RevCommit c = pending.next();
+			if (c == null)
 				return null;
-			}
 
 			if (c.inDegree > 0) {
 				// At least one of our children is missing. We delay
 				// production until all of our children are output.
 				//
+				c.flags |= TOPO_DELAY;
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if ((c.flags & TOPO_QUEUED) == 0) {
-				// c is a parent that already produced or a parent that
-				// was never in the priority queue and should never produce.
-				//
-				continue;
-			}
-
+			// All of our children have already produced,
+			// so it is OK for us to produce now as well.
+			//
 			for (RevCommit p : c.parents) {
-				if (--p.inDegree == 0 && (p.flags & TOPO_QUEUED) != 0) {
-					// The parent has no unproduced interesting children. unpop
-					// the parent so it goes right behind this child. This means
-					// that this parent commit may appear in "pending" more than
-					// once, but this is safe since upon the second and
-					// subsequent iterations with this commit, it will no longer
-					// have TOPO_QUEUED set, and thus will be skipped.
+				if (--p.inDegree == 0 && (p.flags & TOPO_DELAY) != 0) {
+					// This parent tried to come before us, but we are
+					// his last child. unpop the parent so it goes right
+					// behind this child.
 					//
+					p.flags &= ~TOPO_DELAY;
 					pending.unpop(p);
 				}
 				if (firstParent) {
 					break;
 				}
 			}
-
-			c.flags &= ~TOPO_QUEUED;
 			return c;
 		}
 	}