diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
index 849f11e95..bc050c97b 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
@@ -231,4 +231,5 @@ v2.1:
 	- Set a default mirror map if none is found in the config.
 	- Fix clones forgetting sub groups.
 	- Prevent players who have never logged in before from taking over existing accounts.
-	- Added metrics.
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+	- Added metrics.
+	- Prevent GM's own permission tests from allowing inherited permissions to override inherited negations (caused when we added the exception override for sub groups).
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diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
index 07a846791..d8d12d836 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
@@ -1072,9 +1072,11 @@ public class AnjoPermissionsHandler extends PermissionsReaderInterface {
 					return resultNow;
 				}
 				
-				// Negation found so store for later
-				// as we need to continue looking for an Exception.
-				result = resultNow;
+				if (!result.resultType.equals(PermissionCheckResult.Type.NEGATION)) {
+					// No Negation found so store for later
+					// as we need to continue looking for an Exception.
+					result = resultNow;
+				}
 			}
 			
 			for (String sonName : now.getInherits()) {