diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 61a47e5..c2148d5 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -71,36 +71,7 @@ func (r *record) insert(
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		// Check to see if the children are the same and can be merged.
-		child0 := r.node.children[0]
-		child1 := r.node.children[1]
-		if child0.recordType != child1.recordType {
-			return nil
-		}
-		switch child0.recordType {
-		// Nodes can't be merged
-		case recordTypeFixedNode,
-			recordTypeNode:
-			return nil
-		case recordTypeEmpty,
-			recordTypeReserved:
-			r.recordType = child0.recordType
-			r.node = nil
-			return nil
-		case recordTypeData:
-			if child0.value.key != child1.value.key {
-				return nil
-			}
-			// Children have same data and can be merged
-			r.recordType = recordTypeData
-			r.value = child0.value
-			iRec.dataMap.remove(child1.value)
-			r.node = nil
-			return nil
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("merging record type %d is not implemented", child0.recordType)
-		}
+		return r.maybeMergeChildren(iRec)
 	case recordTypeFixedNode:
 		return r.node.insert(iRec, newDepth)
 	case recordTypeEmpty, recordTypeData:
@@ -139,7 +110,11 @@ func (r *record) insert(
 		r.node = &node{children: [2]record{*r, *r}}
 		r.value = nil
 		r.recordType = recordTypeNode
-		return r.node.insert(iRec, newDepth)
+		err := r.node.insert(iRec, newDepth)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return r.maybeMergeChildren(iRec)
 	case recordTypeReserved:
 		if iRec.prefixLen >= newDepth {
 			return fmt.Errorf(
@@ -168,6 +143,36 @@ func (r *record) insert(
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *record) maybeMergeChildren(iRec insertRecord) error {
+	// Check to see if the children are the same and can be merged.
+	child0 := r.node.children[0]
+	child1 := r.node.children[1]
+	if child0.recordType != child1.recordType {
+		return nil
+	}
+	switch child0.recordType {
+	// Nodes can't be merged
+	case recordTypeFixedNode, recordTypeNode:
+		return nil
+	case recordTypeEmpty, recordTypeReserved:
+		r.recordType = child0.recordType
+		r.node = nil
+		return nil
+	case recordTypeData:
+		if child0.value.key != child1.value.key {
+			return nil
+		}
+		// Children have same data and can be merged
+		r.recordType = recordTypeData
+		r.value = child0.value
+		iRec.dataMap.remove(child1.value)
+		r.node = nil
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("merging record type %d is not implemented", child0.recordType)
+	}
+}
+
 func (n *node) get(
 	ip net.IP,
 	depth int,
diff --git a/tree_test.go b/tree_test.go
index 3c8dbc9..f035172 100644
--- a/tree_test.go
+++ b/tree_test.go
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func TestTreeInsertAndGet(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedNodeCount: 368,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "node pruning",
+			name: "node pruning - adjacent",
 			inserts: []testInsert{
 				{
 					network: "1.1.0.0/24",
@@ -410,6 +410,76 @@ func TestTreeInsertAndGet(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedNodeCount: 366,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "node pruning - inserting smaller duplicate into larger",
+			inserts: []testInsert{
+				{
+					network: "1.1.0.0/24",
+					start:   "1.1.0.0",
+					end:     "1.1.0.255",
+					value:   mmdbtype.Map{"a": mmdbtype.Slice{mmdbtype.Uint64(1), mmdbtype.Bytes{1, 2}}},
+				},
+				{
+					network: "1.1.0.128/26",
+					start:   "1.1.0.128",
+					end:     "1.1.0.191",
+					// We intentionally don't use the same variable for
+					// here and above as we want them to be different instances.
+					value: mmdbtype.Map{"a": mmdbtype.Slice{mmdbtype.Uint64(1), mmdbtype.Bytes{1, 2}}},
+				},
+			},
+			gets: []testGet{
+				{
+					ip:               "1.1.0.0",
+					expectedNetwork:  "1.1.0.0/24",
+					expectedGetValue: mmdbtype.Map{"a": mmdbtype.Slice{mmdbtype.Uint64(1), mmdbtype.Bytes{1, 2}}},
+					expectedLookupValue: func() *any {
+						v := any(map[string]any{"a": []any{uint64(1), []byte{1, 2}}})
+						return &v
+					}(),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNodeCount: 367,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "node pruning - inserting smaller non-duplicate and then duplicate into larger",
+			inserts: []testInsert{
+				{
+					network: "1.1.0.0/24",
+					start:   "1.1.0.0",
+					end:     "1.1.0.255",
+					value:   mmdbtype.Map{"a": mmdbtype.Slice{mmdbtype.Uint64(1), mmdbtype.Bytes{1, 2}}},
+				},
+				{
+					network: "1.1.0.128/26",
+					start:   "1.1.0.128",
+					end:     "1.1.0.191",
+					// We intentionally don't use the same variable for
+					// here and above as we want them to be different instances.
+					value: mmdbtype.Map{"a": mmdbtype.Int32(1)},
+				},
+				{
+					network: "1.1.0.128/26",
+					start:   "1.1.0.128",
+					end:     "1.1.0.191",
+					// We intentionally don't use the same variable for
+					// here and above as we want them to be different instances.
+					value: mmdbtype.Map{"a": mmdbtype.Slice{mmdbtype.Uint64(1), mmdbtype.Bytes{1, 2}}},
+				},
+			},
+			gets: []testGet{
+				{
+					ip:               "1.1.0.0",
+					expectedNetwork:  "1.1.0.0/24",
+					expectedGetValue: mmdbtype.Map{"a": mmdbtype.Slice{mmdbtype.Uint64(1), mmdbtype.Bytes{1, 2}}},
+					expectedLookupValue: func() *any {
+						v := any(map[string]any{"a": []any{uint64(1), []byte{1, 2}}})
+						return &v
+					}(),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNodeCount: 367,
+		},
 		{
 			name:       "insertion of range with multiple subnets",
 			insertType: "range",