diff --git a/packages/array-flatten/index.cjs b/packages/array-flatten/index.cjs
index 78f053369..f81a4727f 100644
--- a/packages/array-flatten/index.cjs
+++ b/packages/array-flatten/index.cjs
@@ -7,20 +7,26 @@ module.exports = flatten;
 
 function flattenHelper(arr, depth) {
   var stack = arr.slice();
-  var result = [];
-
-  while (stack.length) {
-    var item = stack.pop();
-
-    if (Array.isArray(item) && depth > 0) {
-      stack.push.apply(stack, item);
-      depth--;
-    } else {
-      result.push(item);
+  var stackContainsArray = true;
+
+  for (; depth > 0 && stackContainsArray; depth--) {
+    stackContainsArray = false;
+    var nextStack = []
+
+    while (stack.length) {
+      var item = stack.shift();
+      if (Array.isArray(item)) {
+        stackContainsArray = true;
+        nextStack.push.apply(nextStack, item);
+      } else {
+        nextStack.push(item);
+      }
     }
+
+    stack = nextStack;
   }
 
-  return result.reverse();
+  return stack;
 }
 
 function flatten(arr, depth) {
diff --git a/packages/array-flatten/index.mjs b/packages/array-flatten/index.mjs
index f109b5d9c..4e992be88 100644
--- a/packages/array-flatten/index.mjs
+++ b/packages/array-flatten/index.mjs
@@ -7,20 +7,26 @@ var arrayFlatten = flatten;
 
 function flattenHelper(arr, depth) {
   var stack = arr.slice();
-  var result = [];
-
-  while (stack.length) {
-    var item = stack.pop();
-
-    if (Array.isArray(item) && depth > 0) {
-      stack.push.apply(stack, item);
-      depth--;
-    } else {
-      result.push(item);
+  var stackContainsArray = true;
+
+  for (; depth > 0 && stackContainsArray; depth--) {
+    stackContainsArray = false;
+    var nextStack = [];
+
+    while (stack.length) {
+      var item = stack.shift();
+      if (Array.isArray(item)) {
+        stackContainsArray = true;
+        nextStack.push.apply(nextStack, item);
+      } else {
+        nextStack.push(item);
+      }
     }
+
+    stack = nextStack;
   }
 
-  return result.reverse();
+  return stack;
 }
 
 function flatten(arr, depth) {
diff --git a/test/array-flatten/index.cjs b/test/array-flatten/index.cjs
index babcf5a48..cd0ce8660 100644
--- a/test/array-flatten/index.cjs
+++ b/test/array-flatten/index.cjs
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ test('returns a new array with all sub-arrays items concatenated into it up to t
   function(t) {
     t.plan(5);
 
-    var arr = [1, [2, [3, [4, [5]]]]];
+    var arr = [[1, [2, 3], 4], [5, [6, [7, [8]]]]];
     t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 0), arr);
-    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 1), [1, 2, [3, [4, [5]]]]);
-    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 2), [1, 2, 3, [4, [5]]]);
-    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 3), [1, 2, 3, 4, [5]]);
-    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 4), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 1), [1, [2, 3], 4, 5, [6, [7, [8]]]]);
+    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 2), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [7, [8]]]);
+    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 3), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, [8]]);
+    t.deepEqual(flatten(arr, 4), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]);
 
     t.end();
   });