diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 12509faa777bb2903e98c79a98be151380911b87..228040486e64525bbfa9af88eb8001d38eb7e1f7 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static void add_pbase_object(struct tree_desc *tree,
 			return;
 		if (name[cmplen] != '/') {
 			add_object_entry(entry.sha1,
-					 S_ISDIR(entry.mode) ? OBJ_TREE : OBJ_BLOB,
+					 object_type(entry.mode),
 					 fullname, 1);
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 48756b5d4466d06123922573e4330fc4344c1dcb..0ba0729b08883fb031e3d6c3b3c37bca85467258 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -65,10 +65,17 @@ void mark_tree_uninteresting(struct tree *tree)
 
 	init_tree_desc(&desc, tree->buffer, tree->size);
 	while (tree_entry(&desc, &entry)) {
-		if (S_ISDIR(entry.mode))
+		switch (object_type(entry.mode)) {
+		case OBJ_TREE:
 			mark_tree_uninteresting(lookup_tree(entry.sha1));
-		else
+			break;
+		case OBJ_BLOB:
 			mark_blob_uninteresting(lookup_blob(entry.sha1));
+			break;
+		default:
+			/* Subproject commit - not in this repository */
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/t/t6008-rev-list-submodule.sh b/t/t6008-rev-list-submodule.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88e96fb91b9fd54ddc6bd43de4996c1e70404a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6008-rev-list-submodule.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Johannes E. Schindelin
+#
+
+test_description='git rev-list involving submodules that this repo has'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	: > file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+	echo 1 > file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m second file &&
+	echo 2 > file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m third file &&
+
+	rm .git/index &&
+
+	: > super-file &&
+	git add super-file &&
+	git submodule add . sub &&
+	git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/super &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m super-initial &&
+	echo 1 > super-file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m super-first super-file &&
+	echo 2 > super-file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m super-second super-file
+'
+
+test_expect_success "Ilari's test" '
+	git rev-list --objects super master ^super^
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/tree-walk.h b/tree-walk.h
index db0fbdc701f1ef63cdc1a8b7d5c5e72322f91426..903a7b0f483fec5cbb6c6b372ab49cc28b655e75 100644
--- a/tree-walk.h
+++ b/tree-walk.h
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ struct name_entry {
 	unsigned int mode;
 };
 
+static inline enum object_type object_type(unsigned int mode)
+{
+	return S_ISDIR(mode) ? OBJ_TREE :
+		S_ISGITLINK(mode) ? OBJ_COMMIT :
+		OBJ_BLOB;
+}
+
 struct tree_desc {
 	const void *buffer;
 	struct name_entry entry;