diff --git a/src/tag.c b/src/tag.c
index 6495d470f..ae9d0a895 100644
--- a/src/tag.c
+++ b/src/tag.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static int tag_list_cb(const char *tag_name, void *payload)
 
 	filter = (tag_filter_data *)payload;
 	if (!*filter->pattern || p_fnmatch(filter->pattern, tag_name + GIT_REFS_TAGS_DIR_LEN, 0) == 0)
-		return git_vector_insert(filter->taglist, git__strdup(tag_name));
+		return git_vector_insert(filter->taglist, git__strdup(tag_name + GIT_REFS_TAGS_DIR_LEN));
 
 	return 0;
 }