diff --git a/src/MagicString.ts b/src/MagicString.ts
index be55b24..a6afc15 100644
--- a/src/MagicString.ts
+++ b/src/MagicString.ts
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ export default class MagicString {
     const newRight = this.byStart.get(index)
     if (!newRight && last === this.lastChunk)
       return this
+    // Nothing to do if an earlier move already put the range right before
+    // `index`. Splicing it in next to itself would link the chunk list back on
+    // itself, and drop the range from the output unless it comes first.
+    if (newRight && newRight.previous === last)
+      return this
     const newLeft = newRight ? newRight.previous : this.lastChunk
 
     if (oldLeft)
diff --git a/test/MagicString.test.ts b/test/MagicString.test.ts
index 4395f6b..f72e986 100644
--- a/test/MagicString.test.ts
+++ b/test/MagicString.test.ts
@@ -1452,6 +1452,31 @@ describe('magicString', () => {
       assert.equal(s.toString(), 'abcdefghijkl')
     })
 
+    it('does nothing when moving a range to where it already is', () => {
+      // The first move puts "d" right before "b", so the second has nothing to
+      // do. It used to splice "d" in next to itself, which dropped it from the
+      // output and left the chunk list pointing back at itself.
+      const s = new MagicString('abcd')
+      s.move(3, 4, 1)
+      assert.equal(s.toString(), 'adbc')
+
+      s.move(3, 4, 1)
+      s.checkIntegrity()
+      assert.equal(s.toString(), 'adbc')
+    })
+
+    it('does nothing when moving a range to the front where it already is', () => {
+      // The same no-op at the very start. The text survived here, but the first
+      // chunk became its own previous chunk, so lastLine() looped forever.
+      const s = new MagicString('xb')
+      s.move(1, 2, 0)
+      s.move(1, 2, 0)
+      s.checkIntegrity()
+
+      assert.equal(s.toString(), 'bx')
+      assert.equal(s.lastLine(), 'bx')
+    })
+
     it('allows edits of moved content', () => {
       const s1 = new MagicString('abcdefghijkl')