diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 2424c9bd67..0e6f7d02b6 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -833,17 +833,28 @@ static int rev_compare_tree(struct rev_info *revs,
 	return tree_difference;
 }
 
-static int rev_same_tree_as_empty(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
+static int rev_same_tree_as_empty(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit,
+				  int nth_parent)
 {
 	struct tree *t1 = repo_get_commit_tree(the_repository, commit);
+	int bloom_ret = -1;
 
 	if (!t1)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!nth_parent && revs->bloom_keys_nr) {
+		bloom_ret = check_maybe_different_in_bloom_filter(revs, commit);
+		if (!bloom_ret)
+			return 1;
+	}
+
 	tree_difference = REV_TREE_SAME;
 	revs->pruning.flags.has_changes = 0;
 	diff_tree_oid(NULL, &t1->object.oid, "", &revs->pruning);
 
+	if (bloom_ret == 1 && tree_difference == REV_TREE_SAME)
+		count_bloom_filter_false_positive++;
+
 	return tree_difference == REV_TREE_SAME;
 }
 
@@ -881,7 +892,7 @@ static int compact_treesame(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit, unsign
 		if (nth_parent != 0)
 			die("compact_treesame %u", nth_parent);
 		old_same = !!(commit->object.flags & TREESAME);
-		if (rev_same_tree_as_empty(revs, commit))
+		if (rev_same_tree_as_empty(revs, commit, nth_parent))
 			commit->object.flags |= TREESAME;
 		else
 			commit->object.flags &= ~TREESAME;
@@ -977,7 +988,14 @@ static void try_to_simplify_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
 		return;
 
 	if (!commit->parents) {
-		if (rev_same_tree_as_empty(revs, commit))
+		/*
+		 * Pretend as if we are comparing ourselves to the
+		 * (non-existent) first parent of this commit object. Even
+		 * though no such parent exists, its changed-path Bloom filter
+		 * (if one exists) is relative to the empty tree, using Bloom
+		 * filters is allowed here.
+		 */
+		if (rev_same_tree_as_empty(revs, commit, 0))
 			commit->object.flags |= TREESAME;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1058,7 +1076,7 @@ static void try_to_simplify_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
 
 		case REV_TREE_NEW:
 			if (revs->remove_empty_trees &&
-			    rev_same_tree_as_empty(revs, p)) {
+			    rev_same_tree_as_empty(revs, p, nth_parent)) {
 				/* We are adding all the specified
 				 * paths from this parent, so the
 				 * history beyond this parent is not
diff --git a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
index b7baf49d62..cc6ebc8140 100755
--- a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
+++ b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ test_bloom_filters_not_used () {
 		# if the Bloom filter system is initialized, ensure that no
 		# filters were used
 		data="statistics:{"
-		data="$data\"filter_not_present\":0,"
+		# unusable filters (e.g., those computed with a
+		# different value of commitGraph.changedPathsVersion)
+		# are counted in the filter_not_present bucket, so any
+		# value is OK there.
+		data="$data\"filter_not_present\":[0-9][0-9]*,"
 		data="$data\"maybe\":0,"
 		data="$data\"definitely_not\":0,"
 		data="$data\"false_positive\":0}"
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup - add commit-graph to the chain with Bloom filters' '
 
 test_bloom_filters_used_when_some_filters_are_missing () {
 	log_args=$1
-	bloom_trace_prefix="statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":3,\"maybe\":6,\"definitely_not\":9"
+	bloom_trace_prefix="statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":3,\"maybe\":6,\"definitely_not\":10"
 	setup "$log_args" &&
 	grep -q "$bloom_trace_prefix" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf" &&
 	test_cmp log_wo_bloom log_w_bloom