diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalkTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalkTest.java
index dfde7fcf2..9cbb1c875 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalkTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalkTest.java
@@ -214,6 +214,21 @@ public void testCull() throws Exception {
 		assertNull(objw.nextObject());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testMarkUninterestingPropagation() throws Exception {
+		final RevBlob f = blob("1");
+		final RevTree t = tree(file("f", f));
+		final RevCommit c1 = commit(t);
+		final RevCommit c2 = commit(t);
+
+		markUninteresting(c1);
+		markStart(c2);
+
+		assertSame(c2, objw.next());
+		assertNull(objw.next());
+		assertNull(objw.nextObject());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testEmptyTreeCorruption() throws Exception {
 		ObjectId bId = ObjectId
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalk.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalk.java
index 730fde957..ef96b77c5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalk.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/ObjectWalk.java
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public void markUninteresting(RevObject o) throws MissingObjectException,
 		}
 
 		if (o instanceof RevCommit)
-			super.markUninteresting((RevCommit) o);
+			markUninteresting((RevCommit) o);
 		else if (o instanceof RevTree)
 			markTreeUninteresting((RevTree) o);
 		else
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ else if (o instanceof RevTree)
 			addObject(o);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void markUninteresting(RevCommit c) throws MissingObjectException,
+			IncorrectObjectTypeException, IOException {
+		super.markUninteresting(c);
+		markTreeUninteresting(c.getTree());
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void sort(RevSort s) {
 		super.sort(s);