diff --git a/src/revparse.c b/src/revparse.c
index 05ee1c57d..7c5d9bd79 100644
--- a/src/revparse.c
+++ b/src/revparse.c
@@ -126,13 +126,6 @@ static int revparse_lookup_object(git_object **out, git_repository *repo, const
 	int error;
 	git_reference *ref;
 
-	error = maybe_describe(out, repo, spec);
-	if (!error)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
-		return error;
-
 	error = disambiguate_refname(&ref, repo, spec);
 	if (!error) {
 		error = git_object_lookup(out, repo, git_reference_target(ref), GIT_OBJ_ANY);
@@ -140,6 +133,13 @@ static int revparse_lookup_object(git_object **out, git_repository *repo, const
 		return error;
 	}
 
+	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+		return error;
+
+	error = maybe_describe(out, repo, spec);
+	if (!error)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/tests-clar/refs/revparse.c b/tests-clar/refs/revparse.c
index 81a6bc469..3f8353180 100644
--- a/tests-clar/refs/revparse.c
+++ b/tests-clar/refs/revparse.c
@@ -486,3 +486,38 @@ void test_refs_revparse__issue_994(void)
 	git_reference_free(head);
 	cl_git_sandbox_cleanup();
 }
+
+/**
+ * $ git rev-parse blah-7-gc47800c
+ * c47800c7266a2be04c571c04d5a6614691ea99bd
+ * 
+ * $ git rev-parse HEAD~3
+ * 4a202b346bb0fb0db7eff3cffeb3c70babbd2045
+ * 
+ * $ git branch blah-7-gc47800c HEAD~3
+ * 
+ * $ git rev-parse blah-7-gc47800c
+ * 4a202b346bb0fb0db7eff3cffeb3c70babbd2045
+ */
+void test_refs_revparse__try_to_retrieve_branch_before_described_tag(void)
+{
+	git_repository *repo;
+	git_reference *branch;
+	git_object *target;
+	char sha[GIT_OID_HEXSZ + 1];
+
+	repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("testrepo.git");
+
+	test_object_inrepo("blah-7-gc47800c", "c47800c7266a2be04c571c04d5a6614691ea99bd", repo);
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_revparse_single(&target, repo, "HEAD~3"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_branch_create(&branch, repo, "blah-7-gc47800c", (git_commit *)target, 0));
+
+	git_oid_tostr(sha, GIT_OID_HEXSZ + 1, git_object_id(target));
+
+	test_object_inrepo("blah-7-gc47800c", sha, repo);
+
+	git_reference_free(branch);
+	git_object_free(target);
+	cl_git_sandbox_cleanup();
+}