diff --git a/server/gsl/gsl.go b/server/gsl/gsl.go
index 0b2b79d31a1..e90502c1e4f 100644
--- a/server/gsl/gsl.go
+++ b/server/gsl/gsl.go
@@ -251,7 +251,9 @@ func matchLevelForAny[T comparable](l *level[T], toks []string, np *int) bool {
 		if np != nil {
 			*np += len(n.subs)
 		}
-		return len(n.subs) > 0
+		if len(n.subs) > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
 	}
 	if pwc != nil {
 		if np != nil {
diff --git a/server/gsl/gsl_test.go b/server/gsl/gsl_test.go
index 624a8cedc72..c6413667f9a 100644
--- a/server/gsl/gsl_test.go
+++ b/server/gsl/gsl_test.go
@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ func TestGenericSublistHasInterest(t *testing.T) {
 	require_NoError(t, s.Remove("*", 66))
 }
 
+func TestGenericSublistHasInterestOverlapping(t *testing.T) {
+	s := NewSublist[int]()
+	require_NoError(t, s.Insert("stream.A.child", 11))
+	require_NoError(t, s.Insert("stream.*", 11))
+	require_True(t, s.HasInterest("stream.A.child"))
+	require_True(t, s.HasInterest("stream.A"))
+}
+
 func TestGenericSublistNumInterest(t *testing.T) {
 	s := NewSublist[int]()
 	require_NoError(t, s.Insert("foo", 11))
diff --git a/server/sublist.go b/server/sublist.go
index 6d4d145f3e4..d2e22d84517 100644
--- a/server/sublist.go
+++ b/server/sublist.go
@@ -818,7 +818,9 @@ func matchLevelForAny(l *level, toks []string, np, nq *int) bool {
 				*nq += len(qsub)
 			}
 		}
-		return len(n.plist) > 0 || len(n.psubs) > 0 || len(n.qsubs) > 0
+		if len(n.plist) > 0 || len(n.psubs) > 0 || len(n.qsubs) > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
 	}
 	if pwc != nil {
 		if np != nil && nq != nil {
diff --git a/server/sublist_test.go b/server/sublist_test.go
index e1eaf23d432..eec34bc7efe 100644
--- a/server/sublist_test.go
+++ b/server/sublist_test.go
@@ -1773,6 +1773,14 @@ func TestSublistHasInterest(t *testing.T) {
 	sl.Remove(qsub)
 }
 
+func TestSublistHasInterestOverlapping(t *testing.T) {
+	sl := NewSublistWithCache()
+	require_NoError(t, sl.Insert(newSub("stream.A.child")))
+	require_NoError(t, sl.Insert(newSub("stream.*")))
+	require_True(t, sl.HasInterest("stream.A.child"))
+	require_True(t, sl.HasInterest("stream.A"))
+}
+
 func TestSublistNumInterest(t *testing.T) {
 	sl := NewSublistWithCache()
 	fooSub := newSub("foo")