diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index ed40729..c040dc9 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ static const char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix
 		if (interactive)
 			die(_("--pathspec-from-file is incompatible with --interactive/--patch"));
 
+		if (all)
+			die(_("--pathspec-from-file with -a does not make sense"));
+
 		if (pathspec.nr)
 			die(_("--pathspec-from-file is incompatible with pathspec arguments"));