diff --git a/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/tests.rs b/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/tests.rs
index 936dfc323e..301da1a57c 100644
--- a/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/tests.rs
@@ -585,6 +585,10 @@ fn spans_divide_a_subpath_at_its_places() {
     assert_eq!(span_at(&open, &three, 0, f64::NAN), None);
     let two = spans(&ring, &[(3, 0.5), (0, 0.5)]);
     assert_eq!((span_at(&ring, &two, 0, 0.25), span_at(&ring, &two, 3, 0.75), span_at(&ring, &two, 2, 0.0)), (Some(1), Some(1), Some(0)));
+    // The closing segment's end is the first anchor: on the stretch that starts there, or runs through it.
+    let at_first = spans(&ring, &[(0, 0.0), (2, 0.0)]);
+    assert_eq!((span_at(&ring, &at_first, 3, 1.0), span_at(&ring, &at_first, 0, 0.0)), (Some(0), Some(0)));
+    assert_eq!((span_at(&ring, &two, 3, 1.0), span_at(&ring, &spans(&ring, &[]), 3, 1.0)), (Some(1), Some(0)));
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/trim.rs b/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/trim.rs
index 18a2a5640b..618f8eb002 100644
--- a/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/trim.rs
+++ b/crates/pathops/src/addons/pathtools/trim.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ pub fn span_at(sp: &SubPath, stretches: &[Span], seg: usize, t: f64) -> Option<u
         return None;
     }
     let u = (seg as f64 + t.clamp(0.0, 1.0)).min(nf);
+    // On a closed subpath the closing segment's end is the first anchor.
+    let u = if sp.closed && u >= nf { u - nf } else { u };
     let on = |&(from, to): &Span| (from <= u && u < to) || (sp.closed && from <= u + nf && u + nf < to);
     stretches.iter().position(on).or_else(|| (!sp.closed && u >= nf).then(|| stretches.len().checked_sub(1)).flatten())
 }