diff --git a/lfs.c b/lfs.c
index 28a632b6..05b1ca10 100644
--- a/lfs.c
+++ b/lfs.c
@@ -3932,7 +3932,9 @@ static int lfs_remove_(lfs_t *lfs, const char *path) {
     }
 
     lfs->mlist = dir.next;
-    if (lfs_tag_type3(tag) == LFS_TYPE_DIR) {
+    if (lfs_gstate_hasorphans(&lfs->gstate)) {
+        LFS_ASSERT(lfs_tag_type3(tag) == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+
         // fix orphan
         err = lfs_fs_preporphans(lfs, -1);
         if (err) {
@@ -4076,8 +4078,10 @@ static int lfs_rename_(lfs_t *lfs, const char *oldpath, const char *newpath) {
     }
 
     lfs->mlist = prevdir.next;
-    if (prevtag != LFS_ERR_NOENT
-            && lfs_tag_type3(prevtag) == LFS_TYPE_DIR) {
+    if (lfs_gstate_hasorphans(&lfs->gstate)) {
+        LFS_ASSERT(prevtag != LFS_ERR_NOENT
+                && lfs_tag_type3(prevtag) == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+
         // fix orphan
         err = lfs_fs_preporphans(lfs, -1);
         if (err) {
diff --git a/tests/test_orphans.toml b/tests/test_orphans.toml
index d7040ed0..76882800 100644
--- a/tests/test_orphans.toml
+++ b/tests/test_orphans.toml
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ code = '''
 [cases.test_orphans_reentrant]
 reentrant = true
 # TODO fix this case, caused by non-DAG trees
-if = '!(DEPTH == 3 && CACHE_SIZE != 64)'
+# NOTE the second condition is required
+if = '!(DEPTH == 3 && CACHE_SIZE != 64) && 2*FILES < BLOCK_COUNT'
 defines = [
     {FILES=6,  DEPTH=1, CYCLES=20},
     {FILES=26, DEPTH=1, CYCLES=20},
@@ -271,3 +272,69 @@ code = '''
     lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
 '''
 
+# non-reentrant testing for orphans, this is the same as reentrant
+# testing, but we test way more states than we could under powerloss
+[cases.test_orphans_nonreentrant]
+# TODO fix this case, caused by non-DAG trees
+# NOTE the second condition is required
+if = '!(DEPTH == 3 && CACHE_SIZE != 64) && 2*FILES < BLOCK_COUNT'
+defines = [
+    {FILES=6,   DEPTH=1, CYCLES=2000},
+    {FILES=26,  DEPTH=1, CYCLES=2000},
+    {FILES=3,   DEPTH=3, CYCLES=2000},
+]
+code = '''
+    lfs_t lfs;
+    lfs_format(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+
+    uint32_t prng = 1;
+    const char alpha[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < CYCLES; i++) {
+        // create random path
+        char full_path[256];
+        for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+            sprintf(&full_path[2*d], "/%c", alpha[TEST_PRNG(&prng) % FILES]);
+        }
+
+        // if it does not exist, we create it, else we destroy
+        struct lfs_info info;
+        int res = lfs_stat(&lfs, full_path, &info);
+        if (res == LFS_ERR_NOENT) {
+            // create each directory in turn, ignore if dir already exists
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                int err = lfs_mkdir(&lfs, path);
+                assert(!err || err == LFS_ERR_EXIST);
+            }
+
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                lfs_stat(&lfs, path, &info) => 0;
+                assert(strcmp(info.name, &path[2*d+1]) == 0);
+                assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+            }
+        } else {
+            // is valid dir?
+            assert(strcmp(info.name, &full_path[2*(DEPTH-1)+1]) == 0);
+            assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+
+            // try to delete path in reverse order, ignore if dir is not empty
+            for (int d = DEPTH-1; d >= 0; d--) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                int err = lfs_remove(&lfs, path);
+                assert(!err || err == LFS_ERR_NOTEMPTY);
+            }
+
+            lfs_stat(&lfs, full_path, &info) => LFS_ERR_NOENT;
+        }
+    }
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+'''
+
diff --git a/tests/test_relocations.toml b/tests/test_relocations.toml
index d20cb8cf..060e865b 100644
--- a/tests/test_relocations.toml
+++ b/tests/test_relocations.toml
@@ -341,3 +341,171 @@ code = '''
     }
     lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
 '''
+
+# non-reentrant testing for orphans, this is the same as reentrant
+# testing, but we test way more states than we could under powerloss
+[cases.test_relocations_nonreentrant]
+# TODO fix this case, caused by non-DAG trees
+# NOTE the second condition is required
+if = '!(DEPTH == 3 && CACHE_SIZE != 64) && 2*FILES < BLOCK_COUNT'
+defines = [
+    {FILES=6,  DEPTH=1, CYCLES=2000, BLOCK_CYCLES=1},
+    {FILES=26, DEPTH=1, CYCLES=2000, BLOCK_CYCLES=1},
+    {FILES=3,  DEPTH=3, CYCLES=2000, BLOCK_CYCLES=1},
+]
+code = '''
+    lfs_t lfs;
+    lfs_format(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+
+    uint32_t prng = 1;
+    const char alpha[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < CYCLES; i++) {
+        // create random path
+        char full_path[256];
+        for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+            sprintf(&full_path[2*d], "/%c", alpha[TEST_PRNG(&prng) % FILES]);
+        }
+
+        // if it does not exist, we create it, else we destroy
+        struct lfs_info info;
+        int res = lfs_stat(&lfs, full_path, &info);
+        if (res == LFS_ERR_NOENT) {
+            // create each directory in turn, ignore if dir already exists
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                int err = lfs_mkdir(&lfs, path);
+                assert(!err || err == LFS_ERR_EXIST);
+            }
+
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                lfs_stat(&lfs, path, &info) => 0;
+                assert(strcmp(info.name, &path[2*d+1]) == 0);
+                assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+            }
+        } else {
+            // is valid dir?
+            assert(strcmp(info.name, &full_path[2*(DEPTH-1)+1]) == 0);
+            assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+
+            // try to delete path in reverse order, ignore if dir is not empty
+            for (unsigned d = DEPTH-1; d+1 > 0; d--) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                int err = lfs_remove(&lfs, path);
+                assert(!err || err == LFS_ERR_NOTEMPTY);
+            }
+
+            lfs_stat(&lfs, full_path, &info) => LFS_ERR_NOENT;
+        }
+    }
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+'''
+
+# non-reentrant testing for relocations, but now with random renames!
+[cases.test_relocations_nonreentrant_renames]
+# TODO fix this case, caused by non-DAG trees
+# NOTE the second condition is required
+if = '!(DEPTH == 3 && CACHE_SIZE != 64) && 2*FILES < BLOCK_COUNT'
+defines = [
+    {FILES=6,  DEPTH=1, CYCLES=2000, BLOCK_CYCLES=1},
+    {FILES=26, DEPTH=1, CYCLES=2000, BLOCK_CYCLES=1},
+    {FILES=3,  DEPTH=3, CYCLES=2000, BLOCK_CYCLES=1},
+]
+code = '''
+    lfs_t lfs;
+    lfs_format(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+
+    uint32_t prng = 1;
+    const char alpha[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < CYCLES; i++) {
+        // create random path
+        char full_path[256];
+        for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+            sprintf(&full_path[2*d], "/%c", alpha[TEST_PRNG(&prng) % FILES]);
+        }
+
+        // if it does not exist, we create it, else we destroy
+        struct lfs_info info;
+        int res = lfs_stat(&lfs, full_path, &info);
+        assert(!res || res == LFS_ERR_NOENT);
+        if (res == LFS_ERR_NOENT) {
+            // create each directory in turn, ignore if dir already exists
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                int err = lfs_mkdir(&lfs, path);
+                assert(!err || err == LFS_ERR_EXIST);
+            }
+
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                char path[1024];
+                strcpy(path, full_path);
+                path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                lfs_stat(&lfs, path, &info) => 0;
+                assert(strcmp(info.name, &path[2*d+1]) == 0);
+                assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+            }
+        } else {
+            assert(strcmp(info.name, &full_path[2*(DEPTH-1)+1]) == 0);
+            assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+
+            // create new random path
+            char new_path[256];
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                sprintf(&new_path[2*d], "/%c", alpha[TEST_PRNG(&prng) % FILES]);
+            }
+
+            // if new path does not exist, rename, otherwise destroy
+            res = lfs_stat(&lfs, new_path, &info);
+            assert(!res || res == LFS_ERR_NOENT);
+            if (res == LFS_ERR_NOENT) {
+                // stop once some dir is renamed
+                for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                    char path[1024];
+                    strcpy(&path[2*d], &full_path[2*d]);
+                    path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                    strcpy(&path[128+2*d], &new_path[2*d]);
+                    path[128+2*d+2] = '\0';
+                    int err = lfs_rename(&lfs, path, path+128);
+                    assert(!err || err == LFS_ERR_NOTEMPTY);
+                    if (!err) {
+                        strcpy(path, path+128);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                for (unsigned d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++) {
+                    char path[1024];
+                    strcpy(path, new_path);
+                    path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                    lfs_stat(&lfs, path, &info) => 0;
+                    assert(strcmp(info.name, &path[2*d+1]) == 0);
+                    assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_DIR);
+                }
+
+                lfs_stat(&lfs, full_path, &info) => LFS_ERR_NOENT;
+            } else {
+                // try to delete path in reverse order,
+                // ignore if dir is not empty
+                for (unsigned d = DEPTH-1; d+1 > 0; d--) {
+                    char path[1024];
+                    strcpy(path, full_path);
+                    path[2*d+2] = '\0';
+                    int err = lfs_remove(&lfs, path);
+                    assert(!err || err == LFS_ERR_NOTEMPTY);
+                }
+
+                lfs_stat(&lfs, full_path, &info) => LFS_ERR_NOENT;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+'''