diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java
index d3fd0b1c..30730505 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class EvaluationContextImpl implements EvaluationContext {
 
     public Collection<PathRef> updateOperations(){
 
-        Collections.sort(updateOperations);
+        Collections.reverse(updateOperations);
 
         return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(updateOperations);
     }
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/issue/Issue565.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/issue/Issue565.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb38ab6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/issue/Issue565.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.jayway.jsonpath.issue;
+
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.ReadContext;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+public class Issue565 {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_issue_565() {
+        String json = "{\n" +
+                "  \"oldName\": {\n" +
+                "    \"oldName\": {\n" +
+                "      \"oldName\": {\n" +
+                "        \"otherName\": \"value\"\n" +
+                "      }\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "  }\n" +
+                "}";
+        String jsonPath = "$..[?(@.oldName)]";
+        String oldKeyName = "oldName";
+        String newKeyName = "newName";
+        ReadContext context = JsonPath.parse(json).renameKey(jsonPath, oldKeyName, newKeyName);
+        List<Object> result = context.read("$..[?(@.newName)]");
+
+        assertEquals(3, result.size());
+
+        assertNotNull(context.read("$.newName"));
+        assertNotNull(context.read("$.newName.newName"));
+        assertNotNull(context.read("$.newName.newName.newName"));
+    }
+}