diff --git a/src/services/categoryService.test.ts b/src/services/categoryService.test.ts
index 1a0bb8a..f74c42e 100644
--- a/src/services/categoryService.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/categoryService.test.ts
@@ -358,8 +358,14 @@ describe("reattachCategory on rows already in a cycle (#393)", () => {
     expect(db.writes()).toEqual(["BEGIN", "ROLLBACK", "BEGIN", "ROLLBACK"]);
   });
 
-  it("reattaches a category whose parent was deleted", async () => {
-    const db = useFakeDb([row(1, null), row(2, null, { is_active: 0 }), row(20, 2), row(21, 20)]);
+  it("reattaches a category whose parent was deleted, counting its active descendants only", async () => {
+    const db = useFakeDb([
+      row(1, null),
+      row(2, null, { is_active: 0 }),
+      row(20, 2),
+      row(21, 20),
+      row(22, 20, { is_active: 0 }),
+    ]);
     expect(await reattachCategory(20, 1)).toBe(2);
     expect(db.rows().find((r) => r.id === 20)?.parent_id).toBe(1);
     expect(await findOrphanCategories()).toEqual([]);