diff --git a/examples/qtest/name-number-tree/out.pdf b/examples/qtest/name-number-tree/out.pdf
index 8accb65..5927486 100644
--- a/examples/qtest/name-number-tree/out.pdf
+++ b/examples/qtest/name-number-tree/out.pdf
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ endobj
     6 0 R
     7 0 R
   ]
-  /Limits [
-    7
-    343
-  ]
 >>
 endobj
 
@@ -177,15 +173,15 @@ xref
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-0000000462 00000 n 
-0000000551 00000 n 
-0000000878 00000 n 
-0000001233 00000 n 
+0000000432 00000 n 
+0000000521 00000 n 
+0000000848 00000 n 
+0000001203 00000 n 
 trailer <<
   /Root 1 0 R
   /Size 8
   /ID [<31415926535897932384626433832795><31415926535897932384626433832795>]
 >>
 startxref
-1581
+1551
 %%EOF
diff --git a/libqpdf/NNTree.cc b/libqpdf/NNTree.cc
index ac06512..fd7d437 100644
--- a/libqpdf/NNTree.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/NNTree.cc
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ NNTreeIterator::resetLimits(QPDFObjectHandle node, std::list<PathElement>::itera
                     changed = false;
                 }
             }
-            if (changed) {
+            if (changed && !node.isSameObjectAs(path.begin()->node)) {
                 node.replaceKey("/Limits", limits);
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst
index d6bc0c3..11b528e 100644
--- a/manual/release-notes.rst
+++ b/manual/release-notes.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ more detail.
 
     - Add missing QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper::isChecked implementation.
 
+    - Fix bug in QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper / QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper. Under
+      certain conditions tree insertions resulted in a /Range entry being
+      written to the tree root node, which is not permitted. One of the
+      possible consequences is that some readers would not recognize
+      embedded / attached files.
+
   - Build fixes
 
     - Fix Android build issues.