diff --git a/src/revparse.c b/src/revparse.c
index 329b96dbc..3dde22ce1 100644
--- a/src/revparse.c
+++ b/src/revparse.c
@@ -93,11 +93,7 @@ static int revparse_lookup_object(
 	int error;
 	git_reference *ref;
 
-	error = maybe_sha(object_out, repo, spec);
-	if (!error)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+	if ((error = maybe_sha(object_out, repo, spec)) != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 		return error;
 
 	error = git_reference_dwim(&ref, repo, spec);
@@ -112,21 +108,14 @@ static int revparse_lookup_object(
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+	if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 		return error;
 
-	error = maybe_abbrev(object_out, repo, spec);
-	if (!error)
-		return 0;
+	if ((strlen(spec) < GIT_OID_HEXSZ) &&
+		((error = maybe_abbrev(object_out, repo, spec)) != GIT_ENOTFOUND))
+			return error;
 
-	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
-		return error;
-
-	error = maybe_describe(object_out, repo, spec);
-	if (!error)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+	if ((error = maybe_describe(object_out, repo, spec)) != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 		return error;
 
 	giterr_set(GITERR_REFERENCE, "Revspec '%s' not found.", spec);
diff --git a/tests-clar/odb/backend/nonrefreshing.c b/tests-clar/odb/backend/nonrefreshing.c
index 9abca2bd3..b43529479 100644
--- a/tests-clar/odb/backend/nonrefreshing.c
+++ b/tests-clar/odb/backend/nonrefreshing.c
@@ -259,3 +259,16 @@ void test_odb_backend_nonrefreshing__readheader_is_invoked_once_on_success(void)
 
 	cl_assert_equal_i(1, _fake->read_header_calls);
 }
+
+void test_odb_backend_nonrefreshing__read_is_invoked_once_when_revparsing_a_full_oid(void)
+{
+	git_object *obj;
+
+	setup_repository_and_backend(GIT_ENOTFOUND);
+
+	cl_git_fail_with(
+		git_revparse_single(&obj, _repo, "deadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef"),
+		GIT_ENOTFOUND);
+
+	cl_assert_equal_i(1, _fake->read_calls);
+}