diff --git a/src/Coordination/KeeperStorage.h b/src/Coordination/KeeperStorage.h
index 6fbc4c2b168..ec502a38a72 100644
--- a/src/Coordination/KeeperStorage.h
+++ b/src/Coordination/KeeperStorage.h
@@ -613,13 +613,15 @@ public:
 
         struct PathCmp
         {
-            using is_transparent = std::true_type;
-
             auto operator()(const std::string_view a,
                             const std::string_view b) const
             {
-                return a.size() < b.size() || (a.size() == b.size() && a < b);
+                size_t level_a = std::count(a.begin(), a.end(), '/');
+                size_t level_b = std::count(b.begin(), b.end(), '/');
+                return level_a < level_b || (level_a == level_b && a < b);
             }
+
+            using is_transparent = void; // required to make find() work with different type than key_type
         };
 
         mutable std::map<std::string, UncommittedNode, PathCmp> nodes;
diff --git a/src/Coordination/tests/gtest_coordination.cpp b/src/Coordination/tests/gtest_coordination.cpp
index 15d5f460e94..4272e504da1 100644
--- a/src/Coordination/tests/gtest_coordination.cpp
+++ b/src/Coordination/tests/gtest_coordination.cpp
@@ -3778,6 +3778,32 @@ TYPED_TEST(CoordinationTest, TestRemoveRecursiveInMultiRequest)
         ASSERT_FALSE(exists("/A/B"));
         ASSERT_FALSE(exists("/A/B/D"));
     }
+
+    {
+        SCOPED_TRACE("[BUG] Recursive Remove Level Sorting");
+        int new_zxid = ++zxid;
+
+        Coordination::Requests ops = {
+            zkutil::makeCreateRequest("/a", "", zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent),
+            zkutil::makeCreateRequest("/a/bbbbbb", "", zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent),
+            zkutil::makeCreateRequest("/A", "", zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent),
+            zkutil::makeCreateRequest("/A/B", "", zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent),
+            zkutil::makeCreateRequest("/A/CCCCCCCCCCCC", "", zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent),
+            zkutil::makeRemoveRecursiveRequest("/A", 3),
+        };
+        auto remove_request = std::make_shared<ZooKeeperMultiRequest>(ops, ACLs{});
+        storage.preprocessRequest(remove_request, 1, 0, new_zxid);
+        auto remove_responses = storage.processRequest(remove_request, 1, new_zxid);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(remove_responses.size(), 1);
+        ASSERT_TRUE(is_multi_ok(remove_responses[0].response));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(exists("/a"));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(exists("/a/bbbbbb"));
+        ASSERT_FALSE(exists("/A"));
+        ASSERT_FALSE(exists("/A/B"));
+        ASSERT_FALSE(exists("/A/CCCCCCCCCCCC"));
+    }
+
 }
 
 TYPED_TEST(CoordinationTest, TestRemoveRecursiveWatches)