diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index d1e1e5e12a..3f5fc174bc 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Fix the incorrect disabling of SST rate limited deletion when the WAL and DB are in different directories. Only WAL rate limited deletion should be disabled if its in a different directory.
 * Fix `DisableManualCompaction()` to cancel compactions even when they are waiting on automatic compactions to drain due to `CompactRangeOptions::exclusive_manual_compactions == true`.
 * Fix contract of `Env::ReopenWritableFile()` and `FileSystem::ReopenWritableFile()` to specify any existing file must not be deleted or truncated.
+* Fixed bug in calls to `IngestExternalFiles()` with files for multiple column families. The bug could have introduced a delay in ingested file keys becoming visible after `IngestExternalFiles()` returned. Furthermore, mutations to ingested file keys while they were invisible could have been dropped (not necessarily immediately).
 
 ### New Features
 * Print information about blob files when using "ldb list_live_files_metadata"
diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
index 2258fb4a4a..f1ec71cd46 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
@@ -4683,14 +4683,11 @@ Status DBImpl::IngestExternalFiles(
     if (status.ok()) {
       int consumed_seqno_count =
           ingestion_jobs[0].ConsumedSequenceNumbersCount();
-#ifndef NDEBUG
       for (size_t i = 1; i != num_cfs; ++i) {
-        assert(!!consumed_seqno_count ==
-               !!ingestion_jobs[i].ConsumedSequenceNumbersCount());
-        consumed_seqno_count +=
-            ingestion_jobs[i].ConsumedSequenceNumbersCount();
+        consumed_seqno_count =
+            std::max(consumed_seqno_count,
+                     ingestion_jobs[i].ConsumedSequenceNumbersCount());
       }
-#endif
       if (consumed_seqno_count > 0) {
         const SequenceNumber last_seqno = versions_->LastSequence();
         versions_->SetLastAllocatedSequence(last_seqno + consumed_seqno_count);
diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.h b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.h
index cd8c52d8fe..b2e17e3da8 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.h
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class ExternalSstFileIngestionJob {
                              IngestedFileInfo* file_to_ingest,
                              SuperVersion* sv);
 
-  // Assign `file_to_ingest` the appropriate sequence number and  the lowest
+  // Assign `file_to_ingest` the appropriate sequence number and the lowest
   // possible level that it can be ingested to according to compaction_style.
   // REQUIRES: Mutex held
   Status AssignLevelAndSeqnoForIngestedFile(SuperVersion* sv,
diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_test.cc b/db/external_sst_file_test.cc
index 660f1f5ff3..ab5064ead1 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_test.cc
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_test.cc
@@ -2422,6 +2422,12 @@ TEST_P(ExternalSSTFileTest, IngestFilesIntoMultipleColumnFamilies_Success) {
   Options options = CurrentOptions();
   options.env = fault_injection_env.get();
   CreateAndReopenWithCF({"pikachu", "eevee"}, options);
+
+  // Exercise different situations in different column families: two are empty
+  // (so no new sequence number is needed), but at least one overlaps with the
+  // DB and needs to bump the sequence number.
+  ASSERT_OK(db_->Put(WriteOptions(), "foo1", "oldvalue"));
+
   std::vector<ColumnFamilyHandle*> column_families;
   column_families.push_back(handles_[0]);
   column_families.push_back(handles_[1]);