diff --git a/object-name.c b/object-name.c
index 72298055b5..a563635a8c 100644
--- a/object-name.c
+++ b/object-name.c
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ static int get_oid_oneline(struct repository *r,
 			   const char *prefix, struct object_id *oid,
 			   const struct commit_list *list)
 {
-	struct commit_list *copy = NULL;
+	struct commit_list *copy = NULL, **copy_tail = ©
 	const struct commit_list *l;
 	int found = 0;
 	int negative = 0;
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ static int get_oid_oneline(struct repository *r,
 
 	for (l = list; l; l = l->next) {
 		l->item->object.flags |= ONELINE_SEEN;
-		commit_list_insert(l->item, &copy);
+		copy_tail = &commit_list_insert(l->item, copy_tail)->next;
 	}
 	while (copy) {
 		const char *p, *buf;
diff --git a/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh b/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh
index bf2a90df94..58a4583088 100755
--- a/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh
+++ b/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh
@@ -309,4 +309,19 @@ test_expect_success '--short= truncates to the actual hash length' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success ':/ and HEAD^{/} favor more recent matching commits' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		test_commit common-old &&
+		test_commit --no-tag common-new &&
+		git rev-parse HEAD >expect &&
+		git rev-parse :/common >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual &&
+		git rev-parse HEAD^{/common} >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_done