diff --git a/src/lower/lowerer_impl.cpp b/src/lower/lowerer_impl.cpp
index c28658c7c..2b0f5c035 100644
--- a/src/lower/lowerer_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/lower/lowerer_impl.cpp
@@ -1497,15 +1497,18 @@ Stmt LowererImpl::lowerMergeCases(ir::Expr coordinate, IndexVar coordinateVar, I
     vector<pair<Expr,Stmt>> cases;
     for (MergePoint point : loopLattice.points()) {
 
-      if(point.isOmitter()) {
-        continue;
-      }
+      // if(point.isOmitter()) {
+      //   continue;
+      // }
 
       // Construct case expression
       vector<Expr> coordComparisons = compareToResolvedCoordinate<Eq>(point.rangers(), coordinate, coordinateVar);
       vector<Iterator> omittedRegionIterators = loopLattice.retrieveRegionIteratorsToOmit(point);
-      std::vector<Expr> neqComparisons = compareToResolvedCoordinate<Neq>(omittedRegionIterators, coordinate, coordinateVar);
-      append(coordComparisons, neqComparisons);
+      if (!point.isOmitter()) {
+        std::vector <Expr> neqComparisons = compareToResolvedCoordinate<Neq>(omittedRegionIterators, coordinate,
+                                                                             coordinateVar);
+        append(coordComparisons, neqComparisons);
+      }
 
       coordComparisons = filter(coordComparisons, [](const Expr& e) { return e.defined(); });
 
diff --git a/test/tests-lower.cpp b/test/tests-lower.cpp
index 16b79d70c..be0dd28d3 100644
--- a/test/tests-lower.cpp
+++ b/test/tests-lower.cpp
@@ -1836,5 +1836,21 @@ TEST_STMT(RightShiftTest,
           }
 )
 
+TEST_STMT(XorTestOrder2,
+          forall(i, forall(j,
+                                     C(i, j) = xorOp(A(i, j), B(i, j)))
+          ),
+          Values(
+            Formats({{A, Format({sparse, sparse})}, {B, Format({sparse, sparse})}, {C, Format({sparse, sparse})} })
+          ),
+          {
+            TestCase(
+            {{B, {{{0, 1}, 2.0}, {{1, 1}, 3.0}, {{1, 2}, 2.0}, {{4, 3}, 4.0}}},
+              {A, {{{0, 1}, 3.0}, {{1, 3}, 5.0}, {{2, 1}, 3.0}, {{2, 2}, 4.0}, {{4, 3}, 6.0}}}},
+
+            {{C, {{{1, 1}, 3.0}, {{1, 2}, 2.0}, {{1, 3}, 5.0}, {{2, 1}, 3.0},
+                  {{2, 2}, 4.0}}}})
+          }
+)
 
 }}