diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
index bd6c475066fc5aa8cd51f3efb341e7e1f1862f75..752cf5621eed35b288ba71ffc1b504698ca51191 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ protected function getRoutesByPath($path) {
 
     $ancestors = $this->getCandidateOutlines($parts);
 
-    $routes = $this->connection->query("SELECT name, route FROM {" . $this->connection->escapeTable($this->tableName) . "} WHERE pattern_outline IN (:patterns) ORDER BY fit", array(
+    $routes = $this->connection->query("SELECT name, route FROM {" . $this->connection->escapeTable($this->tableName) . "} WHERE pattern_outline IN (:patterns) ORDER BY fit DESC", array(
       ':patterns' => $ancestors,
     ))
       ->fetchAllKeyed();
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php
index 0b2bc189d991907bca0e8c932ca740343dd62779..eee9abf96a6b86a3e93f2d0a85acdc12129d088d 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php
@@ -260,8 +260,10 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchDefaultsCollision2() {
 
     try {
       $routes = $provider->getRouteCollectionForRequest($request);
+      $routes_array = $routes->all();
 
       $this->assertEqual(count($routes), 2, 'The correct number of routes was found.');
+      $this->assertEqual(array('narf', 'poink'), array_keys($routes_array), 'Ensure the fitness was taken into account.');
       $this->assertNotNull($routes->get('narf'), 'The first matching route was found.');
       $this->assertNotNull($routes->get('poink'), 'The second matching route was found.');
       $this->assertNull($routes->get('eep'), 'Noin-matching route was not found.');