diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 5ebf13359e..02461bb5ea 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -512,12 +512,6 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 	if (opt->cmdmode)
 		data.split_on_whitespace = 1;
 
-	if (opt->all_objects) {
-		struct object_info empty = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
-		if (!memcmp(&data.info, &empty, sizeof(empty)))
-			data.skip_object_info = 1;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If we are printing out the object, then always fill in the type,
 	 * since we will want to decide whether or not to stream.
@@ -525,6 +519,13 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 	if (opt->print_contents)
 		data.info.typep = &data.type;
 
+	if (opt->all_objects) {
+		struct object_info empty = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
+
+		if (!memcmp(&data.info, &empty, sizeof(empty)))
+			data.skip_object_info = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (opt->all_objects) {
 		struct object_cb_data cb;
 
diff --git a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
index 2f501d2dc9..fa0759d7a4 100755
--- a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
+++ b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
@@ -586,4 +586,26 @@ test_expect_success 'cat-file --unordered works' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'set up object list for --batch-all-objects tests' '
+	git -C all-two cat-file --batch-all-objects --batch-check="%(objectname)" >objects
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file --batch="%(objectname)" with --batch-all-objects will work' '
+	git -C all-two cat-file --batch="%(objectname)" <objects >expect &&
+	git -C all-two cat-file --batch-all-objects --batch="%(objectname)" >actual &&
+	cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file --batch="%(rest)" with --batch-all-objects will work' '
+	git -C all-two cat-file --batch="%(rest)" <objects >expect &&
+	git -C all-two cat-file --batch-all-objects --batch="%(rest)" >actual &&
+	cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file --batch="batman" with --batch-all-objects will work' '
+	git -C all-two cat-file --batch="batman" <objects >expect &&
+	git -C all-two cat-file --batch-all-objects --batch="batman" >actual &&
+	cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done