diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 86569582..cbcaf147 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.566
+8.3.567
diff --git a/drc/DRCcontin.c b/drc/DRCcontin.c
index b24ff556..13bed738 100644
--- a/drc/DRCcontin.c
+++ b/drc/DRCcontin.c
@@ -203,13 +203,12 @@ DRCCheckThis (celldef, operation, area)
     /* Insert celldef into list of Defs waiting to be checked, unless	*/
     /* it is already there.						*/
 
-#if (0)
-
     /* The switch to copying up DRC errors from non-interacting	    */
     /* child cells means that the child cells must be processed	    */
     /* first.  So this routine changes from prepending the cell	    */
     /* to the list to appending it.				    */
 
+#if (0)
     pback = &DRCPendingRoot;
     p = DRCPendingRoot;
 
@@ -230,8 +229,8 @@ DRCCheckThis (celldef, operation, area)
     }
     p->dpc_next = DRCPendingRoot;
     DRCPendingRoot = p;
-
 #endif
+
     /* Append new cell to check to the pending list */
     if (DRCPendingRoot == NULL)
     {
diff --git a/drc/DRCmain.c b/drc/DRCmain.c
index 7f485b59..c7171dcb 100644
--- a/drc/DRCmain.c
+++ b/drc/DRCmain.c
@@ -737,11 +737,12 @@ drcCheckFunc(scx, cdarg)
 		DBStdPaintTbl(TT_CHECKPAINT, PL_DRC_CHECK),
 		(PaintUndoInfo *) NULL);
 
-    DRCCheckThis(def, TT_CHECKPAINT, (Rect *) NULL);
-
-    /* Search children */
+    /* Search children and apply recursively */
     (void) DBCellSrArea(scx, drcCheckFunc, (ClientData) NULL);
 
+    /* Then do self */
+    DRCCheckThis(def, TT_CHECKPAINT, (Rect *) NULL);
+
     /* As a special performance hack, if the complete cell area is
      * handled here, don't bother to look at any more array elements.
      */