diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/6_0_0/3261-revinclude-match-correct-type.yaml b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/6_0_0/3261-revinclude-match-correct-type.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bfc16475c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/6_0_0/3261-revinclude-match-correct-type.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+type: fix
+issue: 3261
+title: "When performing a search with a `_revinclude`. the results sometimes incorrectly included
+  resources that were reverse included by other search parameters with the same name. Thanks to
+  GitHub user @vivektk84 for reporting and to Jean-Francois Briere for proposing a fix."
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/builder/SearchBuilder.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/builder/SearchBuilder.java
index 404f399348f..d40b76d21c8 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/builder/SearchBuilder.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/builder/SearchBuilder.java
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ public class SearchBuilder implements ISearchBuilder {
 						continue;
 					}
 
-					paths = param.getPathsSplit();
+					paths = param.getPathsSplitForResourceType(resType);
 
 					String targetResourceType = defaultString(nextInclude.getParamTargetType(), null);
 					for (String nextPath : paths) {
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirResourceDaoR4SearchNoFtTest.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirResourceDaoR4SearchNoFtTest.java
index a48ff11ab6e..17d462cf291 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirResourceDaoR4SearchNoFtTest.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirResourceDaoR4SearchNoFtTest.java
@@ -1964,6 +1964,29 @@ public class FhirResourceDaoR4SearchNoFtTest extends BaseJpaR4Test {
 		assertThat(ids, containsInAnyOrder(obsId, ptId, encId));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testSearchWithRevIncludeDoesntSelectWrongResourcesWithSameSpName() {
+		Patient pt = new Patient();
+		pt.setActive(true);
+		IIdType ptId = myPatientDao.create(pt, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+
+		Encounter enc = new Encounter();
+		enc.setStatus(Encounter.EncounterStatus.ARRIVED);
+		enc.getSubject().setReference(ptId.getValue());
+		IIdType encId = myEncounterDao.create(enc, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+
+		Observation obs = new Observation();
+		obs.getSubject().setReference(ptId.getValue());
+		myObservationDao.create(obs, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+
+		SearchParameterMap map = new SearchParameterMap()
+			.addRevInclude(Encounter.INCLUDE_PATIENT);
+		IBundleProvider outcome = myPatientDao.search(map);
+		List<IIdType> ids = toUnqualifiedVersionlessIds(outcome);
+		assertThat(ids, contains(ptId, encId));
+
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testSearchWithRevIncludeStarQualified() {