diff --git a/crates/chain/tests/test_keychain_txout_index.rs b/crates/chain/tests/test_keychain_txout_index.rs
index 849cfee142..4113a7ef60 100644
--- a/crates/chain/tests/test_keychain_txout_index.rs
+++ b/crates/chain/tests/test_keychain_txout_index.rs
@@ -742,3 +742,22 @@ fn applying_changesets_one_by_one_vs_aggregate_must_have_same_result() {
         indexer_b.last_revealed_indices()
     );
 }
+
+// When the same descriptor is associated with various keychains,
+// index methods only return the highest keychain by Ord
+#[test]
+fn test_only_highest_ord_keychain_is_returned() {
+    let desc = parse_descriptor(DESCRIPTORS[0]);
+
+    let mut indexer = KeychainTxOutIndex::<TestKeychain>::new(0);
+    let _ = indexer.insert_descriptor(TestKeychain::Internal, desc.clone());
+    let _ = indexer.insert_descriptor(TestKeychain::External, desc);
+
+    // reveal_next_spk will work with either keychain
+    let spk0: ScriptBuf = indexer.reveal_next_spk(&TestKeychain::External).unwrap().0.1.into();
+    let spk1: ScriptBuf = indexer.reveal_next_spk(&TestKeychain::Internal).unwrap().0.1.into();
+
+    // index_of_spk will always return External
+    assert_eq!(indexer.index_of_spk(&spk0), Some((TestKeychain::External, 0)));
+    assert_eq!(indexer.index_of_spk(&spk1), Some((TestKeychain::External, 1)));
+}