diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9de63aea45..6fb38fbdfd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ _Breaking developer changes, which may affect downstream projects or sites that
 * Use Röntgen icon set directly from upstream npm package ([#11784], thanks [@tordans])
 * Replace deprecated `document.createEvent`/`initEvent` with modern [Event] constructor ([#11870], thanks [@JaiswalShivang])
 * Fix crash in country combo field when entering unrecognized ISO country codes ([#11904], thanks [@JaiswalShivang])
+* Ensure the recent presets list is always full by filtering for location before limiting the count. ([#11405], thanks [@Razen04])
 
 
 [#8464]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/8464
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ _Breaking developer changes, which may affect downstream projects or sites that
 [#11862]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/11862
 [#11870]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/11870
 [#11904]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/11904
+[#11405]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/11405
 [#id-tagging-schema/pull/1507]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/pull/1507
 [@ilias52730]: https://github.com/ilias52730
 [@Razen04]: https://github.com/Razen04
diff --git a/modules/presets/index.js b/modules/presets/index.js
index fb7e2faf1d8..61ddb6581b4 100644
--- a/modules/presets/index.js
+++ b/modules/presets/index.js
@@ -406,9 +406,14 @@ export function presetIndex() {
 
 
   _this.defaults = (geometry, n, startWithRecents, loc, extraPresets) => {
+    const validHere = Array.isArray(loc) ? locationManager.locationSetsAt(loc) : null;
+
     let recents = [];
     if (startWithRecents) {
-      recents = _this.recent().matchGeometry(geometry).collection.slice(0, 4);
+      // filtering before slicing to prevent unused slots in the recent preset list, issue #11405
+      recents = _this.recent().matchGeometry(geometry).collection
+        .filter(a => !a.locationSetID || validHere[a.locationSetID])
+        .slice(0, 4);
     }
 
     let defaults;
@@ -417,7 +422,9 @@ export function presetIndex() {
         var preset = _this.item(id);
         if (preset && preset.matchGeometry(geometry)) return preset;
         return null;
-      }).filter(Boolean);
+      })
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .filter(a => !a.locationSetID || validHere[a.locationSetID]);
     } else {
       defaults = _defaults[geometry].collection.concat(_this.fallback(geometry));
     }
@@ -426,11 +433,6 @@ export function presetIndex() {
       utilArrayUniq(recents.concat(defaults).concat(extraPresets || [])).slice(0, n - 1)
     );
 
-    if (Array.isArray(loc)) {
-      const validHere = locationManager.locationSetsAt(loc);
-      result.collection = result.collection.filter(a => !a.locationSetID || validHere[a.locationSetID]);
-    }
-
     return result;
   };
 
diff --git a/test/spec/presets/index.js b/test/spec/presets/index.js
index 0214c2fa238..9b9128def7b 100644
--- a/test/spec/presets/index.js
+++ b/test/spec/presets/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { locationManager, presetIndex } from '../../../modules';
+
 describe('iD.presetIndex', function () {
     var _savedPresets, _savedAreaKeys;
 
@@ -425,4 +427,34 @@ describe('iD.presetIndex', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('PresetIndex.recents', () => {
+        it('fills all recent slots by filtering before slicing (#11405)', () => {
+            const testIndex = presetIndex();
+
+            locationManager.locationSetsAt = () => ({ 'world': true, 'us_only': false });
+
+            const p1 = { id: 'p1', matchGeometry: () => true, locationSetID: 'world' };
+            const p2 = { id: 'p2', matchGeometry: () => true, locationSetID: 'us_only' }; // Invalid
+            const p3 = { id: 'p3', matchGeometry: () => true, locationSetID: 'world' };
+            const p4 = { id: 'p4', matchGeometry: () => true, locationSetID: 'us_only' }; // Invalid
+            const p5 = { id: 'p5', matchGeometry: () => true, locationSetID: 'world' };
+
+            testIndex.recent = () => ({
+                matchGeometry: () => ({
+                    collection: [p1, p2, p3, p4, p5]
+                })
+            });
+
+            const locCoords = [0, 51];
+            const result = testIndex.defaults('point', 10, true, locCoords);
+
+            const ids = result.collection.map(p => p.id);
+
+            expect(ids).to.include('p5');
+            expect(ids).to.not.include('p2');
+            expect(ids).to.not.include('p4');
+            expect(ids.slice(0, 3)).to.eql(['p1', 'p3', 'p5']);
+        });
+    });
+
 });