diff --git a/src/atom/mod.rs b/src/atom/mod.rs
index 97c57f7..d8cb543 100644
--- a/src/atom/mod.rs
+++ b/src/atom/mod.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ impl Ord for VersionNumbers {
 
                 loop {
                     match (a.next(), b.next()) {
-                        (Some(a), Some(b)) if a.get().starts_with("0") => {
+                        (Some(a), Some(b))
+                            if a.get().starts_with("0") || b.get().starts_with("0") =>
+                        {
                             let a = a.get().trim_end_matches("0");
                             let b = b.get().trim_end_matches("0");
 
@@ -765,4 +767,16 @@ mod test {
 
         assert_cmp_display!(a, b, Ordering::Less);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_version_cmp_where_b_has_leading_zeros() {
+        let a = Version::parser()
+            .parse_finished(InputIter::new("1.2"))
+            .unwrap();
+        let b = Version::parser()
+            .parse_finished(InputIter::new("1.054"))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert_cmp_display!(a, b, Ordering::Greater);
+    }
 }