diff --git a/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js b/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js
index 094ba0a715a..27657360e99 100644
--- a/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js
+++ b/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ module.exports = {
                         node,
                         loc: { line: openBrace.loc.start.line, column: openBrace.loc.start.column },
                         fix(fixer) {
+
+                            // FIXME: The start of this range is sometimes larger than the end.
+                            // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/8116
                             return fixer.replaceTextRange([openBrace.end, nextToken.start - nextToken.loc.start.column], "\n");
                         },
                         message: NEVER_MESSAGE
diff --git a/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js b/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js
index 8b8936204c4..ab42e952924 100644
--- a/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js
+++ b/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@ SourceCodeFixer.applyFixes = function(sourceCode, messages) {
             // Make output to this fix.
             output += text.slice(Math.max(0, lastPos), Math.max(0, start));
             output += fix.text;
-            lastPos = end;
+
+            /*
+             * If the start of the range is larger than the end for some reason, make sure
+             * the text between the end and the start doesn't get duplicated.
+             * https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/8116
+             */
+            lastPos = Math.max(start, end);
         }
         output += text.slice(Math.max(0, lastPos));
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js b/tests/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js
index e38c7109c17..561ec3afac6 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/padded-blocks.js
@@ -463,6 +463,12 @@ ruleTester.run("padded-blocks", rule, {
                     line: 9
                 }
             ]
+        },
+        {
+            code: "function foo() { // a\n\n  b;\n}",
+            output: "function foo() {\n // a\n\n  b;\n}",
+            options: ["never"],
+            errors: [NEVER_MESSAGE]
         }
     ]
 });
diff --git a/tests/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js b/tests/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js
index dad6ece64ee..cb599c7b2cd 100644
--- a/tests/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js
+++ b/tests/lib/util/source-code-fixer.js
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ const INSERT_AT_END = {
         message: "nofix2",
         line: 1,
         column: 7
+    },
+    REVERSED_RANGE = {
+        message: "reversed range",
+        fix: {
+            range: [3, 0],
+            text: " "
+        }
     };
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -407,6 +414,12 @@ describe("SourceCodeFixer", () => {
                 assert.equal(result.messages.length, 0);
             });
 
+            it("should handle reversed ranges gracefully", () => {
+                const result = SourceCodeFixer.applyFixes(sourceCode, [REVERSED_RANGE]);
+
+                assert.equal(result.output, "\uFEFFvar  answer = 6 * 7;");
+            });
+
         });
 
         describe("Text Replacement", () => {