diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2ffb8c1a8..0b9878189 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #2168: Fix raw directive does not work for text writer
 * #2171: Fix cannot linkcheck url with unicode
 * #2182: LaTeX: support image file names with more than 1 dots
+* #2189: Fix previous sibling link for first file in subdirectory uses last file, not intended previous from root toctree
 
 
 Release 1.3.3 (released Dec 2, 2015)
diff --git a/sphinx/environment.py b/sphinx/environment.py
index da92f2e81..ac95a4eb6 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment.py
@@ -1958,6 +1958,8 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
             if docname in parents_set:
                 # we will warn about this in resolve_toctree()
                 return
+            if docname in relations:
+                return
             includes = getinc(docname)
             # previous
             if not previous: