diff --git a/lib/bundler/multilock.rb b/lib/bundler/multilock.rb
index 1b5ce8e..53660e7 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/multilock.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/multilock.rb
@@ -175,10 +175,11 @@ def after_install_all(install: true)
 
             # already up to date?
             up_to_date = false
+            conflicts = Set.new
             Bundler.settings.temporary(frozen: true) do
               Bundler.ui.silence do
                 up_to_date = checker.base_check(lockfile_definition, check_missing_deps: true) &&
-                             checker.deep_check(lockfile_definition)
+                             checker.deep_check(lockfile_definition, conflicts: conflicts)
               end
             end
             if up_to_date
@@ -247,10 +248,14 @@ def after_install_all(install: true)
                   next :self if parent_spec.nil?
                   next spec_precedences[spec.name] if spec_precedences.key?(spec.name)
 
-                  precedence = :self if cache.conflicting_requirements?(lockfile_name,
-                                                                        parent_lockfile_name,
-                                                                        spec,
-                                                                        parent_spec)
+                  precedence = if !(cache.reverse_dependencies(lockfile_name)[spec.name] & conflicts).empty?
+                                 :parent
+                               elsif cache.conflicting_requirements?(lockfile_name,
+                                                                     parent_lockfile_name,
+                                                                     spec,
+                                                                     parent_spec)
+                                 :self
+                               end
 
                   spec_precedences[spec.name] = precedence || :parent
                 end
diff --git a/lib/bundler/multilock/check.rb b/lib/bundler/multilock/check.rb
index 0180556..20b9d1d 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/multilock/check.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/multilock/check.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def base_check(lockfile_definition, check_missing_deps: false)
 
       # this checks for mismatches between the parent lockfile and the given lockfile,
       # and for pinned dependencies in lockfiles requiring them
-      def deep_check(lockfile_definition)
+      def deep_check(lockfile_definition, conflicts: nil)
         lockfile_name = lockfile_definition[:lockfile]
         @cache.deep_check(lockfile_name) do
           success = true
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def deep_check(lockfile_definition)
                              "does not match the parent lockfile's version " \
                              "(@#{parent_spec.version}#{parent_spec.git_version}); " \
                              "this may be due to a conflicting requirement, which would require manual resolution.")
+            conflicts&.add(spec.name)
             success = false
           end
 
diff --git a/spec/bundler/multilock_spec.rb b/spec/bundler/multilock_spec.rb
index e60bfe4..be2c413 100644
--- a/spec/bundler/multilock_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bundler/multilock_spec.rb
@@ -815,10 +815,6 @@
   end
 
   it "keeps transitive dependencies in sync, even when the intermediate deps are conflicting" do
-    pending "this spec was broken when improving _not_ unlocking all gems when syncing to alternate lockfiles. " \
-            "it was determined that until such a problem arises again, it's not worth the effort to fix at " \
-            "the moment"
-
     orig_gemfile = <<~RUBY
       gem "ddtrace", "~> 1.13"