diff --git a/ingest.go b/ingest.go
index e650ac7702..11e3d759ef 100644
--- a/ingest.go
+++ b/ingest.go
@@ -1751,7 +1751,8 @@ func (d *DB) excise(
 			smallestPointKey.UserKey = firstRangeDel
 			rightFile.ExtendPointKeyBounds(d.cmp, smallestPointKey, largestPointKey)
 		}
-	} else if m.HasRangeKeys && !exciseSpan.Contains(d.cmp, m.LargestRangeKey) {
+	}
+	if m.HasRangeKeys && !exciseSpan.Contains(d.cmp, m.LargestRangeKey) {
 		// This file will contain range keys.
 		largestRangeKey := m.LargestRangeKey
 		if rangeKeyIter == nil {
diff --git a/ingest_test.go b/ingest_test.go
index 38c063e590..a002fff707 100644
--- a/ingest_test.go
+++ b/ingest_test.go
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ func TestExcise(t *testing.T) {
 				flushed = true
 			}},
 			FormatMajorVersion: FormatVirtualSSTables,
+			Comparer:           testkeys.Comparer,
 		}
 		// Disable automatic compactions because otherwise we'll race with
 		// delete-only compactions triggered by ingesting range tombstones.
diff --git a/testdata/excise b/testdata/excise
index b1ee9bb230..5bdce57110 100644
--- a/testdata/excise
+++ b/testdata/excise
@@ -162,3 +162,37 @@ would excise 2 files, use ingest-and-excise to excise.
   added:         L0 000009:[b#11,SET-b#11,SET] seqnums:[11-11] points:[b#11,SET-b#11,SET]
   added:         L0 000010:[g#11,RANGEDEL-i#inf,RANGEDEL] seqnums:[11-11] points:[g#11,RANGEDEL-i#inf,RANGEDEL]
   added:         L6 000011:[d#10,RANGEKEYSET-f#inf,RANGEKEYSET] seqnums:[10-10] ranges:[d#10,RANGEKEYSET-f#inf,RANGEKEYSET]
+
+reset
+----
+
+# Create an sstable with a range key set.
+batch
+set a a
+set b b
+set d d
+range-key-set e ee @1 foo
+----
+
+flush
+----
+
+lsm
+----
+0.0:
+  000005:[a#10,SET-ee#inf,RANGEKEYSET]
+
+build ext2
+set z z
+----
+
+ingest-and-excise ext2 excise=b-c
+----
+
+lsm
+----
+0.0:
+  000007:[a#10,SET-a#10,SET]
+  000008:[d#12,SET-ee#inf,RANGEKEYSET]
+6:
+  000006:[z#14,SET-z#14,SET]