diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 1ec5b6f206..10c2471024 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ static int want_object_in_pack_mtime(const struct object_id *oid,
 		struct multi_pack_index *m = get_multi_pack_index(files->packed);
 		struct pack_entry e;
 
-		if (m && fill_midx_entry(m, oid, &e)) {
+		if (m && fill_midx_entry(m, oid, &e, NULL)) {
 			want = want_object_in_pack_one(e.p, oid, exclude, found_pack, found_offset, found_mtime);
 			if (want != -1)
 				return want;
diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 76c3f92cc3..37f082dbdd 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ uint32_t nth_midxed_pack_int_id(struct multi_pack_index *m, uint32_t pos)
 
 int fill_midx_entry(struct multi_pack_index *m,
 		    const struct object_id *oid,
-		    struct pack_entry *e)
+		    struct pack_entry *e,
+		    struct packed_git **bad_pack)
 {
 	uint32_t pos;
 	uint32_t pack_int_id;
@@ -618,8 +619,11 @@ int fill_midx_entry(struct multi_pack_index *m,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (oidset_size(&p->bad_objects) &&
-	    oidset_contains(&p->bad_objects, oid))
+	    oidset_contains(&p->bad_objects, oid)) {
+		if (bad_pack && !*bad_pack)
+			*bad_pack = p;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	e->offset = nth_midxed_offset(m, pos);
 	e->p = p;
@@ -1028,7 +1032,7 @@ int verify_midx_file(struct odb_source_packed *source, unsigned flags)
 
 		nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, pairs[i].pos);
 
-		if (!fill_midx_entry(m, &oid, &e)) {
+		if (!fill_midx_entry(m, &oid, &e, NULL)) {
 			midx_report(_("failed to load pack entry for oid[%d] = %s"),
 				    pairs[i].pos, oid_to_hex(&oid));
 			continue;
diff --git a/midx.h b/midx.h
index 939c18e588..1f2f2d5321 100644
--- a/midx.h
+++ b/midx.h
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ uint32_t nth_midxed_pack_int_id(struct multi_pack_index *m, uint32_t pos);
 struct object_id *nth_midxed_object_oid(struct object_id *oid,
 					struct multi_pack_index *m,
 					uint32_t n);
-int fill_midx_entry(struct multi_pack_index *m, const struct object_id *oid, struct pack_entry *e);
+int fill_midx_entry(struct multi_pack_index *m, const struct object_id *oid,
+		    struct pack_entry *e, struct packed_git **bad_pack);
 int midx_contains_pack(struct multi_pack_index *m,
 		       const char *idx_or_pack_name);
 int midx_layer_contains_pack(struct multi_pack_index *m,
diff --git a/odb/source-packed.c b/odb/source-packed.c
index 0890704e76..16fa4f5769 100644
--- a/odb/source-packed.c
+++ b/odb/source-packed.c
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@
 
 static int find_pack_entry(struct odb_source_packed *store,
 			   const struct object_id *oid,
-			   struct pack_entry *e)
+			   struct pack_entry *e,
+			   struct packed_git **bad_pack)
 {
 	struct packfile_list_entry *l;
 
 	odb_source_prepare(&store->base, 0);
-	if (store->midx && fill_midx_entry(store->midx, oid, e))
+	if (store->midx && fill_midx_entry(store->midx, oid, e, bad_pack))
 		return 1;
 
 	for (l = store->packs.head; l; l = l->next) {
 		struct packed_git *p = l->pack;
 
-		if (!p->multi_pack_index && packfile_fill_entry(p, oid, e)) {
+		if (!p->multi_pack_index && packfile_fill_entry(p, oid, e, bad_pack)) {
 			if (!store->skip_mru_updates)
 				packfile_list_prepend(&store->packs, p);
 			return 1;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ static int odb_source_packed_read_object_info(struct odb_source *source,
 					      enum object_info_flags flags)
 {
 	struct odb_source_packed *packed = odb_source_packed_downcast(source);
+	struct packed_git *bad_pack = NULL;
 	struct pack_entry e;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -51,8 +53,16 @@ static int odb_source_packed_read_object_info(struct odb_source *source,
 	if (flags & OBJECT_INFO_SECOND_READ)
 		odb_source_prepare(source, ODB_PREPARE_FLUSH_CACHES);
 
-	if (!find_pack_entry(packed, oid, &e))
+	if (!find_pack_entry(packed, oid, &e, &bad_pack)) {
+		/*
+		 * The lookup may have failed because the object is known to be
+		 * corrupt in one of the packfiles. Report the object as
+		 * corrupt instead of missing in that case.
+		 */
+		if (bad_pack)
+			return -1;
 		return 1;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We know that the caller doesn't actually need the
@@ -77,7 +87,7 @@ static int odb_source_packed_read_object_stream(struct odb_read_stream **out,
 	struct odb_source_packed *packed = odb_source_packed_downcast(source);
 	struct pack_entry e;
 
-	if (!find_pack_entry(packed, oid, &e))
+	if (!find_pack_entry(packed, oid, &e, NULL))
 		return -1;
 
 	return packfile_read_object_stream(out, oid, e.p, e.offset);
@@ -583,7 +593,7 @@ static int odb_source_packed_freshen_object(struct odb_source *source,
 		timesp = ×
 	}
 
-	if (!find_pack_entry(packed, oid, &e))
+	if (!find_pack_entry(packed, oid, &e, NULL))
 		return 0;
 	if (e.p->is_cruft)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 0eee45055f..34e2f9bb8b 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -1859,13 +1859,17 @@ int is_pack_valid(struct packed_git *p)
 
 int packfile_fill_entry(struct packed_git *p,
 			const struct object_id *oid,
-			struct pack_entry *e)
+			struct pack_entry *e,
+			struct packed_git **bad_pack)
 {
 	off_t offset;
 
 	if (oidset_size(&p->bad_objects) &&
-	    oidset_contains(&p->bad_objects, oid))
+	    oidset_contains(&p->bad_objects, oid)) {
+		if (bad_pack && !*bad_pack)
+			*bad_pack = p;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	offset = find_pack_entry_one(oid, p);
 	if (!offset)
@@ -1962,7 +1966,7 @@ int has_object_kept_pack(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid,
 
 		for (; *cache; cache++) {
 			struct packed_git *p = *cache;
-			if (packfile_fill_entry(p, oid, &e))
+			if (packfile_fill_entry(p, oid, &e, NULL))
 				return 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/packfile.h b/packfile.h
index e1f77152b5..3229a6ed47 100644
--- a/packfile.h
+++ b/packfile.h
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ off_t find_pack_entry_one(const struct object_id *oid, struct packed_git *);
 
 int packfile_fill_entry(struct packed_git *p,
 			const struct object_id *oid,
-			struct pack_entry *e);
+			struct pack_entry *e,
+			struct packed_git **bad_pack);
 
 int is_pack_valid(struct packed_git *);
 void *unpack_entry(struct repository *r, struct packed_git *, off_t,
diff --git a/t/helper/test-read-midx.c b/t/helper/test-read-midx.c
index fb16ec0176..27a05da957 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-read-midx.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-read-midx.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int read_midx_file(const char *object_dir, const char *checksum,
 		for (i = 0; i < m->num_objects; i++) {
 			nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m,
 					      i + m->num_objects_in_base);
-			fill_midx_entry(m, &oid, &e);
+			fill_midx_entry(m, &oid, &e, NULL);
 
 			printf("%s %"PRIu64"\t%s\n",
 			       oid_to_hex(&oid), e.offset, e.p->pack_name);