diff --git a/crates/catalog/src/folders.rs b/crates/catalog/src/folders.rs
index e8637ceca..e2d3b312d 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/src/folders.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/src/folders.rs
@@ -223,10 +223,15 @@ impl Catalog {
         if root == dest {
             return Vec::new();
         }
+        // a folder located below itself: what is already at or below `to` belongs to the folders
+        // of the library there, not to the folder located, so it is neither carried nor cleared
+        // (the record of `from` itself still lands at `to`, replacing the one there)
+        let nested = !clear_destination && key_within(&dest, &root);
+        let carried = |k: &str| key_within(k, &root) && !(nested && key_within(k, &dest));
         let moved: Vec<(String, FolderRecord)> = self
             .folder_records
             .iter()
-            .filter(|(k, _)| key_within(k, &root))
+            .filter(|(k, _)| carried(k))
             .filter_map(|(k, r)| {
                 let rest = folder_rest(k, &root)?;
                 let base = dest.trim_end_matches('/');
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ impl Catalog {
             .collect();
         // what was known at the old place goes, and so does what is left at the new one (also
         // when the moved folder carries nothing: the folder now there is not the one it was about)
-        let stale = self.folder_records.keys().filter(|k| key_within(k, &root) || (clear_destination && key_within(k, &dest)));
+        let stale = self.folder_records.keys().filter(|k| carried(k) || (clear_destination && key_within(k, &dest)));
         let mut ops: Vec<Op> = stale.map(|k| Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: k.clone(), record: None }).collect();
         ops.extend(moved.into_iter().map(|(k, r)| Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: k, record: Some(r) }));
         ops
diff --git a/crates/catalog/src/tests_folder_records.rs b/crates/catalog/src/tests_folder_records.rs
index eb2215ba6..a572db995 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/src/tests_folder_records.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/src/tests_folder_records.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,25 @@ fn a_located_folder_with_labels_inside_lands_them_at_the_same_places_below() {
     assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/mnt/nas/trip/day1"), Some(ColorLabel::Green));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_folder_located_below_itself_leaves_the_records_of_the_folders_already_there_in_place() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Red));
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip/day1", Some(ColorLabel::Green));
+    // another folder of the library already sits at the place the folder is said to be at
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip/day1/raw", Some(ColorLabel::Blue));
+    let before = c.to_snapshot();
+    let ops = c.folder_records_located("/pics/trip", "/pics/trip/day1");
+    let undo = c.apply(Op::Batch { ops }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip"), None, "what was known at the old place goes");
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/trip/day1"), Some(ColorLabel::Red), "a record carried over replaces the one at the same place");
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/trip/day1/raw"), Some(ColorLabel::Blue), "a folder below the destination keeps its own");
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip/day1/day1"), None, "the record at the destination is not carried below itself");
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip/day1/day1/raw"), None);
+    c.apply(undo).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.to_snapshot(), before);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn a_folder_located_where_it_is_or_without_labels_gives_no_ops() {
     let mut c = library();