diff --git a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts
index bb21ad8f1a894b..e8328181fed4e7 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts
@@ -751,17 +751,18 @@ export class DeferredPersonOverrideWriter {
                 undefined,
                 'processPendingOverrides'
             )
-            const results = rows.map(async ({ id, ...mergeOperation }) => {
-                const messages = await writer.addPersonOverride(tx, mergeOperation)
+
+            const messages: ProducerRecord[] = []
+            for (const { id, ...mergeOperation } of rows) {
+                messages.push(...(await writer.addPersonOverride(tx, mergeOperation)))
                 await this.postgres.query(
                     tx,
                     SQL`DELETE FROM posthog_pendingpersonoverride WHERE id = ${id}`,
                     undefined,
                     'processPendingOverrides'
                 )
-                return messages
-            })
-            const messages = (await Promise.all(results)).flat()
+            }
+
             await kafkaProducer.queueMessages(messages, true)
         })
     }
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/person-state.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/person-state.test.ts
index 49966e8b77ae12..5d6390bfeb2ef6 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/person-state.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/person-state.test.ts
@@ -2137,3 +2137,47 @@ describe('PersonState.update()', () => {
         })
     })
 })
+
+describe('DeferredPersonOverrideWriter', () => {
+    let hub: Hub
+    let closeHub: () => Promise<void>
+
+    let teamId: number
+    let organizationId: string
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        ;[hub, closeHub] = await createHub({})
+        organizationId = await createOrganization(hub.db.postgres)
+    })
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        teamId = await createTeam(hub.db.postgres, organizationId)
+    })
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await closeHub()
+    })
+
+    it('handles out of order merges correctly', async () => {
+        const a = 'aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
+        const b = 'bbbbbbbb-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
+        const c = 'cccccccc-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
+
+        const writer = new DeferredPersonOverrideWriter(hub.db.postgres)
+
+        const mergeDefaults = { team_id: teamId, oldest_event: DateTime.fromMillis(0) }
+
+        await hub.db.postgres.transaction(PostgresUse.COMMON_WRITE, '', async (tx) => {
+            await writer.addPersonOverride(tx, { old_person_id: b, override_person_id: c, ...mergeDefaults })
+            await writer.addPersonOverride(tx, { old_person_id: a, override_person_id: b, ...mergeDefaults })
+        })
+
+        await writer.processPendingOverrides(hub.db.kafkaProducer)
+
+        const overrides = await fetchPostgresPersonIdOverrides(hub, teamId)
+        expect(overrides).toEqual([
+            [a, c],
+            [b, c],
+        ])
+    })
+})