1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 0afdfd19b7..9e6f9ff20b 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ struct object *parse_object(const struct object_id *oid)
 	if (obj && obj->parsed)
 		return obj;
 
-	if ((obj && obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) ||
+	if ((obj && obj->type == OBJ_BLOB && has_object_file(oid)) ||
 	    (!obj && has_object_file(oid) &&
 	     sha1_object_info(oid->hash, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)) {
 		if (check_sha1_signature(repl, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) {