diff --git a/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx b/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx
index 9b0f167..f07523a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ export default function LocationMapCanvas({
   const objectDragHistoryCapturedRef = useRef(false);
   const suppressPanClickRef = useRef(false);
   const [isPanning, setIsPanning] = useState(false);
+  const orderedObjects = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!selectedObjectKey) return objects;
+
+    const selectedObjects = [];
+    const remainingObjects = [];
+    objects.forEach((object) => {
+      if (getObjectKey(object) === selectedObjectKey) {
+        selectedObjects.push(object);
+        return;
+      }
+      remainingObjects.push(object);
+    });
+
+    return [...remainingObjects, ...selectedObjects];
+  }, [objects, selectedObjectKey]);
   const zoneItemSummary = useMemo(() => {
     const assignedCounts = new Map();
     const visibleItemsByZone = new Map();
@@ -324,13 +339,7 @@ export default function LocationMapCanvas({
           {mode === "edit" ? (
             <rect className="location-map-grid" width={mapSize.width} height={mapSize.height} />
           ) : null}
-          {(selectedObjectKey
-            ? [
-              ...objects.filter((object) => getObjectKey(object) !== selectedObjectKey),
-              ...objects.filter((object) => getObjectKey(object) === selectedObjectKey),
-            ]
-            : objects
-          ).map(renderMapObject)}
+          {orderedObjects.map(renderMapObject)}
         </svg>
         {emptyCanvasMessage ? (
           <div
diff --git a/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
index c46f712..a7c2a69 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
@@ -1778,6 +1778,68 @@ test("admin locked map areas hide resize affordances", async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.locator(".location-map-resize-handle")).toBeVisible();
 });
 
+test("admin selected overlapping map area renders above other areas", async ({ page }) => {
+  await mockMapShell(page);
+
+  const mapState = draftMapState([
+    {
+      id: 1311,
+      location_map_id: 900,
+      zone_id: 501,
+      zone_name: "Bakery",
+      type: "zone",
+      label: "Bakery",
+      x: 40,
+      y: 40,
+      width: 260,
+      height: 180,
+      rotation: 0,
+      locked: false,
+      visible: true,
+      sort_order: 1,
+    },
+    {
+      id: 1312,
+      location_map_id: 900,
+      zone_id: 502,
+      zone_name: "Frozen Foods",
+      type: "zone",
+      label: "Frozen Foods",
+      x: 120,
+      y: 90,
+      width: 260,
+      height: 180,
+      rotation: 0,
+      locked: false,
+      visible: true,
+      sort_order: 2,
+    },
+  ], true);
+
+  await page.route("**/households/1/locations/10/map", async (route) => {
+    await route.fulfill({
+      status: 200,
+      contentType: "application/json",
+      body: JSON.stringify(mapState),
+    });
+  });
+
+  await page.goto("/stores/100/locations/10/map");
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Continue Editing" }).click();
+
+  const bakeryArea = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Map area Bakery" });
+  await bakeryArea.focus();
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  await expect(bakeryArea).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true");
+
+  await expect.poll(async () =>
+    page.locator(".location-map-object").evaluateAll((nodes) =>
+      nodes.map((node) => node.getAttribute("data-object-key"))
+    )
+  ).toEqual(["1312", "1311"]);
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-object-key="1311"] .location-map-resize-handle')).toBeVisible();
+});
+
 test("admin cleared map area labels keep linked zone action names", async ({ page }) => {
   await mockMapShell(page);