Index: include/clang/Tooling/Core/Replacement.h
===================================================================
--- include/clang/Tooling/Core/Replacement.h
+++ include/clang/Tooling/Core/Replacement.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 
  public:
   typedef ReplacementsImpl::const_iterator const_iterator;
+  typedef ReplacementsImpl::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;
 
   Replacements() = default;
 
@@ -193,6 +194,10 @@
 
   const_iterator end() const { return Replaces.end(); }
 
+  const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const  { return Replaces.rbegin(); }
+
+  const_reverse_iterator rend() const { return Replaces.rend(); }
+
   bool operator==(const Replacements &RHS) const {
     return Replaces == RHS.Replaces;
   }
Index: lib/Tooling/Core/Replacement.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Tooling/Core/Replacement.cpp
+++ lib/Tooling/Core/Replacement.cpp
@@ -83,11 +83,8 @@
   if (LHS.getOffset() != RHS.getOffset())
     return LHS.getOffset() < RHS.getOffset();
 
-  // Apply longer replacements first, specifically so that deletions are
-  // executed before insertions. It is (hopefully) never the intention to
-  // delete parts of newly inserted code.
   if (LHS.getLength() != RHS.getLength())
-    return LHS.getLength() > RHS.getLength();
+    return LHS.getLength() < RHS.getLength();
 
   if (LHS.getFilePath() != RHS.getFilePath())
     return LHS.getFilePath() < RHS.getFilePath();
@@ -407,9 +404,7 @@
 
 bool applyAllReplacements(const Replacements &Replaces, Rewriter &Rewrite) {
   bool Result = true;
-  for (Replacements::const_iterator I = Replaces.begin(),
-                                    E = Replaces.end();
-       I != E; ++I) {
+  for (auto I = Replaces.rbegin(), E = Replaces.rend(); I != E; ++I) {
     if (I->isApplicable()) {
       Result = I->apply(Rewrite) && Result;
     } else {
@@ -436,7 +431,8 @@
       "<stdin>", 0, llvm::MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer(Code, "<stdin>"));
   FileID ID = SourceMgr.createFileID(Files.getFile("<stdin>"), SourceLocation(),
                                      clang::SrcMgr::C_User);
-  for (Replacements::const_iterator I = Replaces.begin(), E = Replaces.end();
+  for (auto I = Replaces.rbegin(),
+                                            E = Replaces.rend();
        I != E; ++I) {
     Replacement Replace("<stdin>", I->getOffset(), I->getLength(),
                         I->getReplacementText());