diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/track_selection.cc b/gtk2_ardour/track_selection.cc
index 6937eb623d..8b065faef3 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/track_selection.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/track_selection.cc
@@ -41,22 +41,41 @@ TrackSelection::~TrackSelection ()
 TrackViewList
 TrackSelection::add (TrackViewList const & t)
 {
-	TrackViewList added = TrackViewList::add (t);
+	TrackViewList added;
 
 	for (TrackSelection::const_iterator i = t.begin(); i != t.end(); ++i) {
 
 		/* select anything in the same select-enabled route group */
 		ARDOUR::RouteGroup* rg = (*i)->route_group ();
+
 		if (rg && rg->is_active() && rg->is_select ()) {
+
 			TrackViewList tr = _editor->axis_views_from_routes (rg->route_list ());
+
 			for (TrackViewList::iterator j = tr.begin(); j != tr.end(); ++j) {
-				if (!contains (*j)) {
-					added.push_back (*j);
-					push_back (*j);
+
+				/* Do not add the trackview passed in as an
+				 * argument, because we want that to be on the
+				 * end of the list.
+				 */
+
+				if (*j != *i) {
+					if (!contains (*j)) {
+						added.push_back (*j);
+						push_back (*j);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		/* now add the the trackview's passed in as actual arguments */
+
+		if (!contains (*i)) {
+			added.push_back (*i);
+			push_back (*i);
+		}
 	}
 
+
 	return added;
 }