diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 05c6c03..6b60846 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ Expands into a call to ~org-ql-select~ with the same arguments.  For convenience
 *Changed*
 +  Predicate =heading= now accepts multiple regexps.
 
+** 0.2.1
+
+*Fixed*
++  =(descendants)= selector matched against parent heading instead of only descendants.
+
 ** 0.2
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       67be09f9-e959-4333-9be2-93ad8f458fbe
diff --git a/org-ql.el b/org-ql.el
index 235e8f4..84c9b1a 100644
--- a/org-ql.el
+++ b/org-ql.el
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ Or, when possible, fix the problem."
     (save-restriction
       (org-narrow-to-subtree)
       (when (org-goto-first-child)
+        (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max))
         (catch 'found
           (org-ql-select (current-buffer)
             query
diff --git a/tests/test-org-ql.el b/tests/test-org-ql.el
index 99e0906..6d337b8 100644
--- a/tests/test-org-ql.el
+++ b/tests/test-org-ql.el
@@ -251,7 +251,13 @@ RESULTS should be a list of strings as returned by
           '("Test data" "Recurring")))
       (org-ql-it "with granddescendants query"
         (org-ql-expect ((descendants (descendants "moon")))
-          '("Test data" "Take over the universe" "Take over the moon" "Code"))))
+          '("Test data" "Take over the universe")))
+      (org-ql-it "with query that should not match parent"
+        ;; This test would fail if the `descendants' predicate did not properly exclude
+        ;; the parent heading by narrowing the buffer to begin at the first child.
+        (org-ql-expect ((and (descendants (todo "WAITING"))
+                             (not (descendants (todo "TODO" "NEXT")))))
+          '("Take over the moon"))))
 
     (describe "(clocked)"