diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 4019e8c..5871997 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -148,16 +148,14 @@ static void add_pending_object_with_path(struct rev_info *revs,
 	if (revs->reflog_info && obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 		int len = interpret_branch_name(name, 0, &buf, 0);
-		int st;
 
 		if (0 < len && name[len] && buf.len)
 			strbuf_addstr(&buf, name + len);
-		st = add_reflog_for_walk(revs->reflog_info,
-					 (struct commit *)obj,
-					 buf.buf[0] ? buf.buf: name);
+		add_reflog_for_walk(revs->reflog_info,
+				    (struct commit *)obj,
+				    buf.buf[0] ? buf.buf: name);
 		strbuf_release(&buf);
-		if (st)
-			return;
+		return; /* do not add the commit itself */
 	}
 	add_object_array_with_path(obj, name, &revs->pending, mode, path);
 }
@@ -3112,16 +3110,18 @@ static void track_linear(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
 static struct commit *get_revision_1(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	while (1) {
-		struct commit *commit = pop_commit(&revs->commits);
+		struct commit *commit;
+
+		if (revs->reflog_info)
+			commit = next_reflog_entry(revs->reflog_info);
+		else
+			commit = pop_commit(&revs->commits);
 
 		if (!commit)
 			return NULL;
 
-		if (revs->reflog_info) {
-			save_parents(revs, commit);
-			fake_reflog_parent(revs->reflog_info, commit);
+		if (revs->reflog_info)
 			commit->object.flags &= ~(ADDED | SEEN | SHOWN);
-		}
 
 		/*
 		 * If we haven't done the list limiting, we need to look at
@@ -3132,7 +3132,10 @@ static struct commit *get_revision_1(struct rev_info *revs)
 			if (revs->max_age != -1 &&
 			    (commit->date < revs->max_age))
 				continue;
-			if (add_parents_to_list(revs, commit, &revs->commits, NULL) < 0) {
+
+			if (revs->reflog_info)
+				try_to_simplify_commit(revs, commit);
+			else if (add_parents_to_list(revs, commit, &revs->commits, NULL) < 0) {
 				if (!revs->ignore_missing_links)
 					die("Failed to traverse parents of commit %s",
 						oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));