diff --git a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/integtests/resolve/alignment/AlignmentIntegrationTest.groovy b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/integtests/resolve/alignment/AlignmentIntegrationTest.groovy
index 88bb5dbf5dbf..4ae6c907d4fa 100644
--- a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/integtests/resolve/alignment/AlignmentIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/integtests/resolve/alignment/AlignmentIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -1089,4 +1089,58 @@ class AlignmentIntegrationTest extends AbstractAlignmentSpec {
             virtualConfiguration("org:platform:1.1")
         }
     }
+
+    @RequiredFeatures([
+        // We only need to test one flavor
+        @RequiredFeature(feature = GradleMetadataResolveRunner.GRADLE_METADATA, value = "true"),
+        @RequiredFeature(feature = GradleMetadataResolveRunner.REPOSITORY_TYPE, value = "maven")
+    ])
+    def "should manage to realign through two conflicts"() {
+        repository {
+            path 'start:start:1.0 -> foo:1.0'
+
+            path 'foo:1.0 -> bar:1.0'
+            path 'foo:1.1 -> bar:1.1'
+
+            'org:bar:1.0'()
+            'org:bar:1.1'()
+        }
+
+        given:
+        buildFile << '''
+            dependencies {
+              constraints {
+                  conf platform("org:platform:1.1")
+              }
+            
+              conf 'start:start:1.0'
+            }
+        '''
+
+        and:
+        "align the 'org' group only"()
+
+        when:
+        expectAlignment {
+            module('start') group('start') alignsTo('1.0')
+            module('foo') tries('1.0') alignsTo('1.1') byVirtualPlatform()
+            module('bar') tries('1.0') alignsTo('1.1') byVirtualPlatform()
+        }
+        run ':checkDeps', 'dependencyInsight', '--configuration', 'conf', '--dependency', 'bar'
+
+        then:
+        resolve.expectGraph {
+            root(":", ":test:") {
+                module("start:start:1.0") {
+                    edge("org:foo:1.0", "org:foo:1.1") {
+                        byConstraint("belongs to platform org:platform:1.1")
+                        module("org:bar:1.1") {
+                            byConstraint("belongs to platform org:platform:1.1")
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            virtualConfiguration("org:platform:1.1")
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/DefaultPendingDependenciesVisitor.java b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/DefaultPendingDependenciesVisitor.java
index 6d2030b41783..2c174a8a534d 100644
--- a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/DefaultPendingDependenciesVisitor.java
+++ b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/DefaultPendingDependenciesVisitor.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private boolean markNoLongerPending(PendingDependencies pendingDependencies) {
                 noLongerPending = Lists.newLinkedList();
             }
             noLongerPending.add(pendingDependencies);
-            activatedPending = true;
+            activatedPending = pendingDependencies.shouldReportActivatePending();
         }
         pendingDependencies.increaseHardEdgeCount();
         return activatedPending;
diff --git a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/PendingDependencies.java b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/PendingDependencies.java
index 5d2a0e2544a7..1f2a70ae9774 100644
--- a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/PendingDependencies.java
+++ b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/graph/builder/PendingDependencies.java
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ public class PendingDependencies {
     private final ModuleIdentifier moduleIdentifier;
     private final Set<NodeState> affectedComponents;
     private int hardEdges;
+    private boolean reportActivePending;
 
     PendingDependencies(ModuleIdentifier moduleIdentifier) {
         this.moduleIdentifier = moduleIdentifier;
         this.affectedComponents = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
         this.hardEdges = 0;
+        this.reportActivePending = true;
     }
 
     ModuleIdentifier getModuleIdentifier() {
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ void addNode(NodeState state) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot add a pending node for a dependency which is not pending");
         }
         affectedComponents.add(state);
+        if (state.getComponent().getModule().isVirtualPlatform()) {
+            reportActivePending = false;
+        }
     }
 
     void turnIntoHardDependencies() {
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ void turnIntoHardDependencies() {
             affectedComponent.prepareForConstraintNoLongerPending(moduleIdentifier);
         }
         affectedComponents.clear();
+        reportActivePending = true;
     }
 
     public boolean isPending() {
@@ -65,4 +71,8 @@ void decreaseHardEdgeCount() {
         assert hardEdges > 0 : "Cannot remove a hard edge when none recorded";
         hardEdges--;
     }
+
+    public boolean shouldReportActivatePending() {
+        return reportActivePending;
+    }
 }