diff --git a/src/wp-includes/post.php b/src/wp-includes/post.php
index e5b35e56cf..f97318e126 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -4285,7 +4285,7 @@ function get_page_by_title( $page_title, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' )
 function get_page_children($page_id, $pages) {
 	$page_list = array();
 	foreach ( (array) $pages as $page ) {
-		if ( $page->post_parent == $page_id ) {
+		if ( $page->post_parent == $page_id || in_array( $page_id, $page->ancestors ) ) {
 			$page_list[] = $page;
 			if ( $children = get_page_children($page->ID, $pages) )
 				$page_list = array_merge($page_list, $children);
@@ -4619,6 +4619,9 @@ function get_pages( $args = array() ) {
 	// Update cache.
 	update_post_cache( $pages );
 
+	// Convert to WP_Post instances
+	$pages = array_map( 'get_post', $pages );
+
 	if ( $child_of || $hierarchical ) {
 		$pages = get_page_children($child_of, $pages);
 	}
@@ -4647,9 +4650,6 @@ function get_pages( $args = array() ) {
 
 	wp_cache_set( $cache_key, $page_structure, 'posts' );
 
-	// Convert to WP_Post instances.
-	$pages = array_map( 'get_post', $pages );
-
 	/**
 	 * Filter the retrieved list of pages.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/getPages.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/getPages.php
index eb6e4840ec..3e351da7f7 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/getPages.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/getPages.php
@@ -268,4 +268,18 @@ class Tests_Post_getPages extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$exclude6 = get_pages( array( 'exclude_tree' => array( $post_id1, $post_id3 ) ) );
 		$this->assertCount( 2, $exclude6 );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 14477
+	 */
+	function test_get_pages_interrupted_hierarchy() {
+		$page1 = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_type' => 'page' ) );
+		$page2 = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_type' => 'page', 'post_parent' => $page1 ) );
+		add_post_meta( $page2, 'color', 'red' );
+		$page3 = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_type' => 'page', 'post_parent' => $page2 ) );
+		add_post_meta( $page3, 'color', 'blue' );
+
+		$pages = get_pages( array( 'child_of' => $page1, 'meta_key' => 'color', 'meta_value' => 'blue' ) );
+		$this->assertEqualSets( array( $page3 ), wp_list_pluck( $pages, 'ID' ) );
+	}
 }
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