diff --git a/src/conf/numa_conf.c b/src/conf/numa_conf.c
index 5c123b96b7..b5963ace0f 100644
--- a/src/conf/numa_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/numa_conf.c
@@ -759,11 +759,15 @@ virDomainNumaDefCPUParseXML(virDomainNumaPtr def,
         }
         VIR_FREE(tmp);
 
-        for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+            if (j == cur_cell || !def->mem_nodes[j].cpumask)
+                continue;
+
             if (virBitmapOverlaps(def->mem_nodes[j].cpumask,
-                                  def->mem_nodes[i].cpumask)) {
+                                  def->mem_nodes[cur_cell].cpumask)) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                               _("NUMA cells %zu and %zu have overlapping vCPU ids"), i, j);
+                               _("NUMA cells %u and %zu have overlapping vCPU ids"),
+                               cur_cell, j);
                 goto cleanup;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disordered.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disordered.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad3160741c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disordered.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>328650</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>328650</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='network'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu>
+    <topology sockets='2' cores='4' threads='2'/>
+    <numa>
+      <cell id='0' cpus='0-5' memory='109550' unit='KiB'/>
+      <cell id='2' cpus='6-10' memory='109550' unit='KiB'/>
+      <cell id='1' cpus='11-15' memory='109550' unit='KiB'/>
+    </numa>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+      <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-cpu-numa-disordered.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-cpu-numa-disordered.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a76f12e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-cpu-numa-disordered.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>328650</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>328650</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='network'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu>
+    <topology sockets='2' cores='4' threads='2'/>
+    <numa>
+      <cell id='0' cpus='0-5' memory='109550' unit='KiB'/>
+      <cell id='1' cpus='11-15' memory='109550' unit='KiB'/>
+      <cell id='2' cpus='6-10' memory='109550' unit='KiB'/>
+    </numa>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index d41954e0a0..5a20ebc152 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_DIFFERENT("cpu-numa1");
     DO_TEST_DIFFERENT("cpu-numa2");
     DO_TEST_DIFFERENT("cpu-numa-no-memory-element");
+    DO_TEST_DIFFERENT("cpu-numa-disordered");
     DO_TEST("cpu-numa-disjoint");
     DO_TEST("cpu-numa-memshared");