diff --git a/list-objects.c b/list-objects.c
index fad6808aad..2910becd6c 100644
--- a/list-objects.c
+++ b/list-objects.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ void traverse_commit_list(struct rev_info *revs,
 		struct object_array_entry *pending = revs->pending.objects + i;
 		struct object *obj = pending->item;
 		const char *name = pending->name;
+		const char *path = pending->path;
 		if (obj->flags & (UNINTERESTING | SEEN))
 			continue;
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
@@ -215,14 +216,16 @@ void traverse_commit_list(struct rev_info *revs,
 			show_object(obj, NULL, name, data);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!path)
+			path = "";
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_TREE) {
 			process_tree(revs, (struct tree *)obj, show_object,
-				     NULL, &base, name, data);
+				     NULL, &base, path, data);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) {
 			process_blob(revs, (struct blob *)obj, show_object,
-				     NULL, name, data);
+				     NULL, path, data);
 			continue;
 		}
 		die("unknown pending object %s (%s)",
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index b8e02e2798..ebe3e93d12 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ void mark_parents_uninteresting(struct commit *commit)
 	}
 }
 
-static void add_pending_object_with_mode(struct rev_info *revs,
+static void add_pending_object_with_path(struct rev_info *revs,
 					 struct object *obj,
-					 const char *name, unsigned mode)
+					 const char *name, unsigned mode,
+					 const char *path)
 {
 	if (!obj)
 		return;
@@ -220,7 +221,14 @@ static void add_pending_object_with_mode(struct rev_info *revs,
 		if (st)
 			return;
 	}
-	add_object_array_with_mode(obj, name, &revs->pending, mode);
+	add_object_array_with_path(obj, name, &revs->pending, mode, path);
+}
+
+static void add_pending_object_with_mode(struct rev_info *revs,
+					 struct object *obj,
+					 const char *name, unsigned mode)
+{
+	add_pending_object_with_path(revs, obj, name, mode, NULL);
 }
 
 void add_pending_object(struct rev_info *revs,
@@ -265,8 +273,12 @@ void add_pending_sha1(struct rev_info *revs, const char *name,
 }
 
 static struct commit *handle_commit(struct rev_info *revs,
-				    struct object *object, const char *name)
+				    struct object_array_entry *entry)
 {
+	struct object *object = entry->item;
+	const char *name = entry->name;
+	const char *path = entry->path;
+	unsigned int mode = entry->mode;
 	unsigned long flags = object->flags;
 
 	/*
@@ -285,6 +297,14 @@ static struct commit *handle_commit(struct rev_info *revs,
 			die("bad object %s", sha1_to_hex(tag->tagged->sha1));
 		}
 		object->flags |= flags;
+		/*
+		 * We'll handle the tagged object by looping or dropping
+		 * through to the non-tag handlers below. Do not
+		 * propagate data from the tag's pending entry.
+		 */
+		name = "";
+		path = NULL;
+		mode = 0;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -316,7 +336,7 @@ static struct commit *handle_commit(struct rev_info *revs,
 			mark_tree_contents_uninteresting(tree);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		add_pending_object(revs, object, "");
+		add_pending_object_with_path(revs, object, name, mode, path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -328,7 +348,7 @@ static struct commit *handle_commit(struct rev_info *revs,
 			return NULL;
 		if (flags & UNINTERESTING)
 			return NULL;
-		add_pending_object(revs, object, "");
+		add_pending_object_with_path(revs, object, name, mode, path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	die("%s is unknown object", name);
@@ -2666,7 +2686,7 @@ int prepare_revision_walk(struct rev_info *revs)
 	revs->pending.objects = NULL;
 	for (i = 0; i < old_pending.nr; i++) {
 		struct object_array_entry *e = old_pending.objects + i;
-		struct commit *commit = handle_commit(revs, e->item, e->name);
+		struct commit *commit = handle_commit(revs, e);
 		if (commit) {
 			if (!(commit->object.flags & SEEN)) {
 				commit->object.flags |= SEEN;