diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index ab716105..da352e50 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -1786,6 +1786,25 @@ def build_report(
             owner, _actual = resolve_path(part.path, part.start, tuple(tokens))
             if result.repo is None and owner is not primary:
                 result = replace(result, repo=owner.repo.slug)
+            if result.status == "GONE":
+                # The owner is chosen on the cited first line alone. hatari's
+                # port carries a longer src/paths.c than the upstream that a
+                # source_ref attributes the path to, and prose citing the
+                # port's 305-356 read past the end of the upstream's 345
+                # lines. As in a comparison, a ref fails only everywhere.
+                for view in views:
+                    if view is owner or view.pin != view.head:
+                        continue
+                    lines = fetch_from(view.repo, view.pin, part.path)
+                    if lines is None:
+                        continue
+                    found = verify_at_pin(part, lines, tokens, hashes)
+                    if found.status != "GONE":
+                        result = replace(
+                            found,
+                            repo=None if view is primary else view.repo.slug,
+                        )
+                        break
         else:
             result = anchor_across_views(part, tokens)
         # A forge that refused the request said nothing about the file:
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index 60e09cfe..95bd9ae6 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -1545,6 +1545,31 @@ class TestBuildReport(unittest.TestCase):
         report = build_report("mame", profile, self.dir)
         self.assertEqual(report.entries[0].status, "ANCHORED")
 
+    def test_self_check_reads_every_repository_before_calling_a_range_gone(self):
+        # hatari: the port's src/paths.c runs 365 lines, the upstream's 345,
+        # and a source_ref attributes the path to the upstream. With both on
+        # HEAD, prose citing the port's 305-356 was read in the upstream file
+        # alone and reported beyond its end.
+        self.files[("porthead", "src/p.c")] = [f"port {i}" for i in range(8)]
+        self.files[("uphead", "src/p.c")] = ["a", "load x.bin", "c", "d", "e"]
+        heads = {"o/port": "porthead", "o/up": "uphead"}
+        profile_sync.upstream.resolve_head = (
+            lambda repo, cache, offline=False, branch=None: heads[repo.slug]
+        )
+        profile = {
+            "emulator": "Port",
+            "source": "https://github.com/o/port",
+            "upstream": "https://github.com/o/up",
+            "source_commit": "porthead",
+            "upstream_commit": "uphead",
+            "notes": "The port reads its own file (src/p.c:4-7).",
+            "files": [{"name": "x.bin", "source_ref": "upstream src/p.c:2"}],
+        }
+        report = build_report("port", profile, self.dir)
+        prose = next(e for e in report.entries if e.kind == "prose")
+        self.assertNotEqual(prose.parts[0].status, "GONE")
+        self.assertEqual(report.needs_review(), 0)
+
     def test_an_emptied_upstream_does_not_hide_the_ports_change(self):
         # dosbox-pure moved to Codeberg and emptied its GitHub repository.
         # The rename search run for that repository picked up the port's