diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/pandaNode.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/pandaNode.cxx
index 9aace23918..0baf30c7dd 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/pandaNode.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/pandaNode.cxx
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ compare_tags(const PandaNode *other) const {
       return cmp;
     }
 
-    cmp = strcmp(a_data.get_key(ai).c_str(), b_data.get_key(bi).c_str());
+    cmp = strcmp(a_data.get_data(ai).c_str(), b_data.get_data(bi).c_str());
     if (cmp != 0) {
       return cmp;
     }
diff --git a/tests/pgraph/test_nodepath.py b/tests/pgraph/test_nodepath.py
index 43e43313e1..6a7d0990b4 100644
--- a/tests/pgraph/test_nodepath.py
+++ b/tests/pgraph/test_nodepath.py
@@ -133,6 +133,57 @@ def test_weak_nodepath_comparison():
     assert weak.node() == path.node()
 
 
+def test_nodepath_flatten_tags_identical():
+    from panda3d.core import NodePath, PandaNode
+
+    # Do flatten nodes with same tags
+    node1 = PandaNode("node1")
+    node1.set_tag("key", "value")
+    node2 = PandaNode("node2")
+    node2.set_tag("key", "value")
+
+    path = NodePath("parent")
+    path.node().add_child(node1)
+    path.node().add_child(node2)
+
+    path.flatten_strong()
+    assert len(path.children) == 1
+
+
+def test_nodepath_flatten_tags_same_key():
+    from panda3d.core import NodePath, PandaNode
+
+    # Don't flatten nodes with different tag keys
+    node1 = PandaNode("node1")
+    node1.set_tag("key1", "value")
+    node2 = PandaNode("node2")
+    node2.set_tag("key2", "value")
+
+    path = NodePath("parent")
+    path.node().add_child(node1)
+    path.node().add_child(node2)
+
+    path.flatten_strong()
+    assert len(path.children) == 2
+
+
+def test_nodepath_flatten_tags_same_value():
+    from panda3d.core import NodePath, PandaNode
+
+    # Don't flatten nodes with different tag values
+    node1 = PandaNode("node1")
+    node1.set_tag("key", "value1")
+    node2 = PandaNode("node2")
+    node2.set_tag("key", "value2")
+
+    path = NodePath("parent")
+    path.node().add_child(node1)
+    path.node().add_child(node2)
+
+    path.flatten_strong()
+    assert len(path.children) == 2
+
+
 def test_nodepath_python_tags():
     from panda3d.core import NodePath