diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 056c6b30e9..398ebaef14 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -350,14 +350,40 @@ static int is_alias(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct parsed_option {
+	const struct option *option;
+	enum opt_parsed flags;
+};
+
+static void register_abbrev(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
+			    const struct option *option, enum opt_parsed flags,
+			    struct parsed_option *abbrev,
+			    struct parsed_option *ambiguous)
+{
+	if (p->flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT)
+		return;
+	if (abbrev->option &&
+	    !is_alias(p, abbrev->option, option)) {
+		/*
+		 * If this is abbreviated, it is
+		 * ambiguous. So when there is no
+		 * exact match later, we need to
+		 * error out.
+		 */
+		ambiguous->option = abbrev->option;
+		ambiguous->flags = abbrev->flags;
+	}
+	abbrev->option = option;
+	abbrev->flags = flags;
+}
+
 static enum parse_opt_result parse_long_opt(
 	struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p, const char *arg,
 	const struct option *options)
 {
 	const char *arg_end = strchrnul(arg, '=');
-	const struct option *abbrev_option = NULL, *ambiguous_option = NULL;
-	enum opt_parsed abbrev_flags = OPT_LONG, ambiguous_flags = OPT_LONG;
-	int allow_abbrev = !(p->flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT);
+	struct parsed_option abbrev = { .option = NULL, .flags = OPT_LONG };
+	struct parsed_option ambiguous = { .option = NULL, .flags = OPT_LONG };
 
 	for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) {
 		const char *rest, *long_name = options->long_name;
@@ -377,31 +403,20 @@ static enum parse_opt_result parse_long_opt(
 			rest = NULL;
 		if (!rest) {
 			/* abbreviated? */
-			if (allow_abbrev &&
-			    !strncmp(long_name, arg, arg_end - arg)) {
-is_abbreviated:
-				if (abbrev_option &&
-				    !is_alias(p, abbrev_option, options)) {
-					/*
-					 * If this is abbreviated, it is
-					 * ambiguous. So when there is no
-					 * exact match later, we need to
-					 * error out.
-					 */
-					ambiguous_option = abbrev_option;
-					ambiguous_flags = abbrev_flags;
-				}
-				abbrev_option = options;
-				abbrev_flags = flags ^ opt_flags;
+			if (!strncmp(long_name, arg, arg_end - arg)) {
+				register_abbrev(p, options, flags ^ opt_flags,
+						&abbrev, &ambiguous);
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* negation allowed? */
 			if (options->flags & PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
 				continue;
 			/* negated and abbreviated very much? */
-			if (allow_abbrev && starts_with("no-", arg)) {
+			if (starts_with("no-", arg)) {
 				flags |= OPT_UNSET;
-				goto is_abbreviated;
+				register_abbrev(p, options, flags ^ opt_flags,
+						&abbrev, &ambiguous);
+				continue;
 			}
 			/* negated? */
 			if (!starts_with(arg, "no-"))
@@ -409,12 +424,12 @@ is_abbreviated:
 			flags |= OPT_UNSET;
 			if (!skip_prefix(arg + 3, long_name, &rest)) {
 				/* abbreviated and negated? */
-				if (allow_abbrev &&
-				    !strncmp(long_name, arg + 3,
+				if (!strncmp(long_name, arg + 3,
 					     arg_end - arg - 3))
-					goto is_abbreviated;
-				else
-					continue;
+					register_abbrev(p, options,
+							flags ^ opt_flags,
+							&abbrev, &ambiguous);
+				continue;
 			}
 		}
 		if (*rest) {
@@ -425,24 +440,24 @@ is_abbreviated:
 		return get_value(p, options, flags ^ opt_flags);
 	}
 
-	if (disallow_abbreviated_options && (ambiguous_option || abbrev_option))
+	if (disallow_abbreviated_options && (ambiguous.option || abbrev.option))
 		die("disallowed abbreviated or ambiguous option '%.*s'",
 		    (int)(arg_end - arg), arg);
 
-	if (ambiguous_option) {
+	if (ambiguous.option) {
 		error(_("ambiguous option: %s "
 			"(could be --%s%s or --%s%s)"),
 			arg,
-			(ambiguous_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
-			ambiguous_option->long_name,
-			(abbrev_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
-			abbrev_option->long_name);
+			(ambiguous.flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+			ambiguous.option->long_name,
+			(abbrev.flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+			abbrev.option->long_name);
 		return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
 	}
-	if (abbrev_option) {
+	if (abbrev.option) {
 		if (*arg_end)
 			p->opt = arg_end + 1;
-		return get_value(p, abbrev_option, abbrev_flags);
+		return get_value(p, abbrev.option, abbrev.flags);
 	}
 	return PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN;
 }