diff --git a/milli/src/documents/mod.rs b/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
index da4227e6b..f79c210fe 100644
--- a/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
@@ -230,4 +230,12 @@ mod test {
         let nested: Value = serde_json::from_slice(doc.get(0).unwrap()).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(nested, json!({ "toto": ["hello"] }));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn out_of_order_fields() {
+        let _documents = documents!([
+            {"id": 1,"b": 0},
+            {"id": 2,"a": 0,"b": 0},
+        ]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/milli/src/update/settings.rs b/milli/src/update/settings.rs
index 87a829a1a..4aa79f6e3 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/settings.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/settings.rs
@@ -1134,7 +1134,6 @@ mod tests {
             "release_date": 819676800
           }
         ]);
-
         let builder = IndexDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index, 1);
         builder.execute(content, |_, _| ()).unwrap();
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();