diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index c0df714f6c..286e416b75 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -183,8 +183,11 @@ static struct commit *handle_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct object *object
 		if (!tag->tagged)
 			die("bad tag");
 		object = parse_object(tag->tagged->sha1);
-		if (!object)
+		if (!object) {
+			if (flags & UNINTERESTING)
+				return NULL;
 			die("bad object %s", sha1_to_hex(tag->tagged->sha1));
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -479,9 +482,10 @@ static int add_parents_to_list(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit,
 		while (parent) {
 			struct commit *p = parent->item;
 			parent = parent->next;
+			if (p)
+				p->object.flags |= UNINTERESTING;
 			if (parse_commit(p) < 0)
-				return -1;
-			p->object.flags |= UNINTERESTING;
+				continue;
 			if (p->parents)
 				mark_parents_uninteresting(p);
 			if (p->object.flags & SEEN)
diff --git a/t/t5519-push-alternates.sh b/t/t5519-push-alternates.sh
index 6dfc55ad61..96be5236a2 100755
--- a/t/t5519-push-alternates.sh
+++ b/t/t5519-push-alternates.sh
@@ -103,4 +103,41 @@ test_expect_success 'bob works and pushes' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'alice works and pushes yet again' '
+	(
+		# Alice does not care what Bob does.  She does not
+		# even have to be aware of his existence.  She just
+		# keeps working and pushing
+		cd alice-work &&
+		echo more and more alice >file &&
+		git commit -a -m sixth.1 &&
+		echo more and more alice >>file &&
+		git commit -a -m sixth.2 &&
+		echo more and more alice >>file &&
+		git commit -a -m sixth.3 &&
+		git push ../alice-pub
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'bob works and pushes again' '
+	(
+		cd alice-pub &&
+		git cat-file commit master >../bob-work/commit
+	)
+	(
+		# This time Bob does not pull from Alice, and
+		# the master branch at her public repository points
+		# at a commit Bob does not fully know about, but
+		# he happens to have the commit object (but not the
+		# necessary tree) in his repository from Alice.
+		# This should not prevent the push by Bob from
+		# succeeding.
+		cd bob-work &&
+		git hash-object -t commit -w commit &&
+		echo even more bob >file &&
+		git commit -a -m seventh &&
+		git push ../bob-pub
+	)
+'
+
 test_done