diff --git a/code/model/SiteTree.php b/code/model/SiteTree.php
index 656bcd2489..ea05d31b17 100755
--- a/code/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1158,10 +1158,11 @@ static public function prepopulate_permission_cache($permission = 'CanEditType',
 	 * @param string $siteConfigMethod Method to call on {@link SiteConfig} for toplevel items, e.g. "canEdit"
 	 * @param string $globalPermission If the member doesn't have this permission code, don't bother iterating deeper
 	 * @param bool   $useCached
+	 * @param array $stages            Which stages to check permissions against, defaults to both Stage and Live
 	 * @return array An map of {@link SiteTree} ID keys to boolean values
 	 */
 	public static function batch_permission_check($ids, $memberID, $typeField, $groupJoinTable, $siteConfigMethod,
-												  $globalPermission = null, $useCached = true) {
+												  $globalPermission = null, $useCached = true, $stages = array('Stage', 'Live')) {
 		if($globalPermission === NULL) $globalPermission = array('CMS_ACCESS_LeftAndMain', 'CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain');
 
 		// Sanitise the IDs
@@ -1169,7 +1170,7 @@ public static function batch_permission_check($ids, $memberID, $typeField, $grou
 
 		// This is the name used on the permission cache
 		// converts something like 'CanEditType' to 'edit'.
-		$cacheKey = strtolower(substr($typeField, 3, -4)) . "-$memberID";
+		$cacheKey = strtolower(substr($typeField, 3, -4)) . "-$memberID" . implode('-', $stages);
 
 		// Default result: nothing editable
 		$result = array_fill_keys($ids, false);
@@ -1206,7 +1207,7 @@ public static function batch_permission_check($ids, $memberID, $typeField, $grou
 
 			$combinedStageResult = array();
 
-			foreach(array('Stage', 'Live') as $stage) {
+			foreach($stages as $stage) {
 				// Start by filling the array with the pages that actually exist
 				$table = ($stage=='Stage') ? "SiteTree" : "SiteTree_$stage";
 
@@ -1257,7 +1258,7 @@ public static function batch_permission_check($ids, $memberID, $typeField, $grou
 					}
 
 					if($groupedByParent) {
-						$actuallyInherited = self::batch_permission_check(array_keys($groupedByParent), $memberID, $typeField, $groupJoinTable, $siteConfigMethod);
+						$actuallyInherited = self::batch_permission_check(array_keys($groupedByParent), $memberID, $typeField, $groupJoinTable, $siteConfigMethod, $globalPermission, $useCached, array($stage));
 						if($actuallyInherited) {
 							$parentIDs = array_keys(array_filter($actuallyInherited));
 							foreach($parentIDs as $parentID) {
diff --git a/tests/model/SiteTreePermissionsTest.php b/tests/model/SiteTreePermissionsTest.php
index 90e7fa8e65..efaac31db1 100644
--- a/tests/model/SiteTreePermissionsTest.php
+++ b/tests/model/SiteTreePermissionsTest.php
@@ -445,5 +445,47 @@ public function testInheritCanEditFromSiteConfig() {
 		$this->session()->inst_set('loggedInAs', $user->ID);
 		$this->assertFalse($page->canEdit($user), 'Website user can\'t edit a page when set to inherit from the SiteConfig, and SiteConfig has canEdit set to OnlyTheseUsers');
 	}
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * Ensure that flipping parent / child relationship on live doesn't
+	 * cause infinite loop
+	 */
+	public function testMobiusHierarchy()
+	{
+		// login as admin to be able to publish
+		$adminID = $this->logInWithPermission('ADMIN');
+
+		$parentPage = new Page();
+		$parentPage->Title = 'Parent Page';
+		$parentPage->doPublish();
+
+		$childPage = new Page();
+		$childPage->Title = 'Child Page';
+		$childPage->ParentID = $parentPage->ID;
+		$childPage->doPublish();
+
+		//flip parent/child relation
+		$childPage->ParentID = 0;
+		$childPage->write();
+
+		$parentPage->ParentID = $childPage->ID;
+		$parentPage->write();
+
+		$this->assertTrue($childPage->isPublished());
+		$this->assertTrue($parentPage->isPublished());
+
+		$result = SiteTree::batch_permission_check(array(
+			$parentPage->ID,
+			$childPage->ID,
+		), $adminID, 'CanEditType', 'SiteTree_EditorGroups', 'canEditPages');
+
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey($childPage->ID, $result);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey($parentPage->ID, $result);
+
+		// mr potato head can't edit
+		$this->assertTrue($result[$parentPage->ID]);
+		$this->assertTrue($result[$childPage->ID]);
+
+	}
+
 }