diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index b08fc7a163..4669b8d65e 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ struct object *parse_object_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 			return &commit->object;
 	}
 
-	if ((!obj || obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) &&
+	if ((!obj || obj->type == OBJ_NONE || obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) &&
 	    odb_read_object_info(r->objects, oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB) {
 		if (!skip_hash && stream_object_signature(r, repl) < 0) {
 			error(_("hash mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ struct object *parse_object_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 	 * have the on-disk object with the correct type.
 	 */
 	if (skip_hash && discard_tree &&
-	    (!obj || obj->type == OBJ_TREE) &&
+	    (!obj || obj->type == OBJ_NONE || obj->type == OBJ_TREE) &&
 	    odb_read_object_info(r->objects, oid, NULL) == OBJ_TREE) {
 		return &lookup_tree(r, oid)->object;
 	}