diff --git a/src/interned.rs b/src/interned.rs
index 8a0d8dfa..d7a70deb 100644
--- a/src/interned.rs
+++ b/src/interned.rs
@@ -494,7 +494,20 @@ where
         map.retain(|key, intern_index| {
             let discard = match strategy.discard_if {
                 DiscardIf::Never => false,
-                DiscardIf::Outdated => match values[intern_index.index()] {
+
+                // NB: Interned keys *never* discard keys unless they
+                // are outdated, regardless of the sweep strategy. This is
+                // because interned queries are not deterministic;
+                // if we were to remove a value from the current revision,
+                // and the query were later executed again, it would not necessarily
+                // produce the same intern key the second time. This would wreak
+                // havoc. See the test `discard_during_same_revision` for an example.
+                //
+                // Keys that have not (yet) been accessed during this
+                // revision don't have this problem. Anything
+                // dependent on them would regard itself as dirty if
+                // they are removed and also be forced to re-execute.
+                DiscardIf::Always | DiscardIf::Outdated => match values[intern_index.index()] {
                     InternValue::Present { accessed_at, .. } => accessed_at < revision_now,
 
                     InternValue::Free { .. } => {
@@ -504,7 +517,6 @@ where
                         );
                     }
                 },
-                DiscardIf::Always => true,
             };
 
             if discard {
diff --git a/tests/gc/db.rs b/tests/gc/db.rs
index 777e9f09..b81dae8c 100644
--- a/tests/gc/db.rs
+++ b/tests/gc/db.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::group;
+use crate::interned;
 use crate::log::{HasLog, Log};
 
-#[salsa::database(group::Gc)]
+#[salsa::database(group::Gc, interned::Intern)]
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub(crate) struct DatabaseImpl {
     runtime: salsa::Runtime<DatabaseImpl>,
diff --git a/tests/gc/interned.rs b/tests/gc/interned.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed9a3e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gc/interned.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use crate::db;
+use salsa::{Database, SweepStrategy};
+
+#[salsa::query_group(Intern)]
+pub(crate) trait InternDatabase {
+    #[salsa::interned]
+    fn intern_str(&self, x: &'static str) -> u32;
+
+    fn repeat_intern1(&self, x: &'static str) -> u32;
+
+    fn repeat_intern2(&self, x: &'static str) -> u32;
+}
+
+fn repeat_intern1(db: &impl InternDatabase, x: &'static str) -> u32 {
+    db.intern_str(x)
+}
+
+fn repeat_intern2(db: &impl InternDatabase, x: &'static str) -> u32 {
+    db.intern_str(x)
+}
+
+/// This test highlights the difference between *interned queries* and
+/// other non-input queries -- in particular, their results are not
+/// *deterministic*.  Therefore, we cannot GC values that were created
+/// in the current revision; that might cause us to re-execute the
+/// query twice on the same key during the same revision, which could
+/// yield different results each time, wreaking havoc. This test
+/// exercises precisely that scenario.
+#[test]
+fn discard_during_same_revision() {
+    let db = db::DatabaseImpl::default();
+
+    // This will assign index 0 for "foo".
+    let foo1a = db.repeat_intern1("foo");
+
+    // If we are not careful, this would remove the interned key for
+    // "foo".
+    db.query(InternStrQuery).sweep(
+        SweepStrategy::default()
+            .discard_everything()
+            .sweep_all_revisions(),
+    );
+
+    // This would then reuse index 0 for "bar".
+    let bar1 = db.intern_str("bar");
+
+    // And here we would assign index *1* to "foo".
+    let foo2 = db.repeat_intern2("foo");
+
+    // But we would still have a cached result, *from the same
+    // revision*, with the value 0. So that's inconsistent.
+    let foo1b = db.repeat_intern1("foo");
+
+    assert_ne!(foo2, bar1);
+    assert_eq!(foo1a, foo1b);
+    assert_eq!(foo1b, foo2);
+}
diff --git a/tests/gc/main.rs b/tests/gc/main.rs
index 1cc88349..ff9dedfe 100644
--- a/tests/gc/main.rs
+++ b/tests/gc/main.rs
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ mod db;
 mod derived_tests;
 mod discard_values;
 mod group;
+mod interned;
 mod log;
 mod shallow_constant_tests;