diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/index.test.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/index.test.js
index de447baf64..2c318d4d61 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/index.test.js
@@ -22,22 +22,26 @@ import sanitizeOverFlowingChildren from './utils/sanitizeOverFlowingChildren';
 import test6 from './testCases/test6';
 import test7 from './testCases/test7';
 import test5 from './testCases/test5';
+import test8 from './testCases/test8';
 
-describe.each([[test1], [test2], [test3], [test4], [test5], [test6], [test7]])('Happy Path', testProps => {
-  it('Should find criticalPathSections correctly', () => {
-    const rootSpanId = testProps.trace.spans[0].spanID;
-    const spanMap = testProps.trace.spans.reduce((map, span) => {
-      map.set(span.spanID, span);
-      return map;
-    }, new Map());
-    const refinedSpanMap = getChildOfSpans(spanMap);
-    const sanitizedSpanMap = sanitizeOverFlowingChildren(refinedSpanMap);
-    const criticalPath = computeCriticalPath(sanitizedSpanMap, rootSpanId, []);
-    expect(criticalPath).toStrictEqual(testProps.criticalPathSections);
-  });
+describe.each([[test1], [test2], [test3], [test4], [test5], [test6], [test7], [test8]])(
+  'Happy Path',
+  testProps => {
+    it('Should find criticalPathSections correctly', () => {
+      const rootSpanId = testProps.trace.spans[0].spanID;
+      const spanMap = testProps.trace.spans.reduce((map, span) => {
+        map.set(span.spanID, span);
+        return map;
+      }, new Map());
+      const refinedSpanMap = getChildOfSpans(spanMap);
+      const sanitizedSpanMap = sanitizeOverFlowingChildren(refinedSpanMap);
+      const criticalPath = computeCriticalPath(sanitizedSpanMap, rootSpanId, []);
+      expect(criticalPath).toStrictEqual(testProps.criticalPathSections);
+    });
 
-  it('Critical path sections', () => {
-    const criticalPath = TraceCriticalPath(testProps.trace);
-    expect(criticalPath).toStrictEqual(testProps.criticalPathSections);
-  });
-});
+    it('Critical path sections', () => {
+      const criticalPath = TraceCriticalPath(testProps.trace);
+      expect(criticalPath).toStrictEqual(testProps.criticalPathSections);
+    });
+  }
+);
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/testCases/test8.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/testCases/test8.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14a85bf29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/testCases/test8.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 The Jaeger Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import transformTraceData from '../../../../model/transform-trace-data';
+
+/*
+             ┌─────────────────┐                 |
+             │     Span A      │                 |                         spanA
+             └─────────────────┘                 |                          /   
+                                                 |                         /            
+          ┌──────────────────────┐               |                       spanB (CHILD_OF) 
+          │        Span B        │               |                       
+          └──────────────────────┘               |              ((parent-child tree))      
+*/
+
+const trace = {
+  traceID: 'trace-abc',
+  spans: [
+    {
+      spanID: 'span-A',
+      operationName: 'op-A',
+      references: [],
+      startTime: 10,
+      duration: 20,
+      processID: 'p1',
+    },
+    {
+      spanID: 'span-B',
+      operationName: 'op-B',
+      references: [
+        {
+          refType: 'CHILD_OF',
+          spanID: 'span-A',
+        },
+      ],
+      startTime: 5,
+      duration: 30,
+      processID: 'p1',
+    },
+  ],
+  processes: {
+    p1: {
+      serviceName: 'service-one',
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+const transformedTrace = transformTraceData(trace);
+
+const criticalPathSections = [
+  {
+    spanId: 'span-B',
+    section_start: 10,
+    section_end: 30,
+  },
+];
+
+const test8 = {
+  criticalPathSections,
+  trace: transformedTrace,
+};
+
+export default test8;
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/utils/sanitizeOverFlowingChildren.test.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/utils/sanitizeOverFlowingChildren.test.js
index 58a8e00666..5f49289f8b 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/utils/sanitizeOverFlowingChildren.test.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/CriticalPath/utils/sanitizeOverFlowingChildren.test.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import test3 from '../testCases/test3';
 import test4 from '../testCases/test4';
 import test6 from '../testCases/test6';
 import test7 from '../testCases/test7';
+import test8 from '../testCases/test8';
 import getChildOfSpans from './getChildOfSpans';
 import sanitizeOverFlowingChildren from './sanitizeOverFlowingChildren';
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ function getExpectedSanitizedData(spans, test) {
   const testSanitizedData = {
     test6: [spans[0], { ...spans[1], duration: 15 }, { ...spans[2], duration: 10, startTime: 15 }],
     test7: [spans[0], { ...spans[1], duration: 15 }, { ...spans[2], duration: 10 }],
+    test8: [spans[0], { ...spans[1], startTime: 10, duration: 20 }],
   };
   const spanMap = testSanitizedData[test].reduce((map, span) => {
     map.set(span.spanID, span);
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ describe.each([
   [test4, new Map().set(test4.trace.spans[0].spanID, test4.trace.spans[0])],
   [test6, getExpectedSanitizedData(test6.trace.spans, 'test6')],
   [test7, getExpectedSanitizedData(test7.trace.spans, 'test7')],
+  [test8, getExpectedSanitizedData(test8.trace.spans, 'test8')],
 ])('sanitizeOverFlowingChildren', (testProps, expectedSanitizedData) => {
   it('Should sanitize the data(overflowing spans) correctly', () => {
     const refinedSpanData = getChildOfSpans(testProps.trace.spans);