diff --git a/oidset.c b/oidset.c
index 2d0ab76fb5..5aac633c1f 100644
--- a/oidset.c
+++ b/oidset.c
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ void oidset_parse_file_carefully(struct oidset *set, const char *path,
 		if (!sb.len)
 			continue;
 
-		if (parse_oid_hex(sb.buf, &oid, &p) || *p != '\0' ||
-		    (fn && fn(&oid, cbdata)))
+		if (parse_oid_hex(sb.buf, &oid, &p) || *p != '\0')
 			die("invalid object name: %s", sb.buf);
+		if (fn && fn(&oid, cbdata))
+			continue;
 		oidset_insert(set, &oid);
 	}
 	if (ferror(fp))
diff --git a/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh b/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
index 24ae5018e8..b18633dee1 100755
--- a/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
+++ b/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ test_expect_success 'validate --ignore-rev' '
 	test_must_fail git blame --ignore-rev X^{tree} file
 '
 
-# Ensure bogus --ignore-revs-file requests are caught
+# Ensure bogus --ignore-revs-file requests are silently accepted
 test_expect_success 'validate --ignore-revs-file' '
 	git rev-parse X^{tree} >ignore_x &&
-	test_must_fail git blame --ignore-revs-file ignore_x file
+	git blame --ignore-revs-file ignore_x file
 '
 
 for I in X XT