diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c
index 3e4822b684..f8fad2946e 100644
--- a/archive-tar.c
+++ b/archive-tar.c
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ static int write_tar_filter_archive(const struct archiver *ar,
 	strvec_push(&filter.args, cmd.buf);
 	filter.use_shell = 1;
 	filter.in = -1;
+	filter.silent_exec_failure = 1;
 
 	if (start_command(&filter) < 0)
 		die_errno(_("unable to start '%s' filter"), cmd.buf);
diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
index eaa0b22ece..d473048138 100755
--- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
@@ -342,6 +342,13 @@ test_expect_success 'only enabled filters are available remotely' '
 	test_cmp_bin remote.bar config.bar
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'invalid filter is reported only once' '
+	test_must_fail git -c tar.invalid.command= archive --format=invalid \
+		HEAD >out 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty out &&
+	test_line_count = 1 err
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git archive --format=tgz' '
 	git archive --format=tgz HEAD >j.tgz
 '