diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 19a0f772e7bf72..114d01bced1cb3 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ enum XML_Status {
 #define LOCK_TIME 600
 #define LOCK_REFRESH 30
 
-/* bits #0-6 in revision.h */
+/* bits #0-15 in revision.h */
 
-#define LOCAL    (1u << 7)
-#define REMOTE   (1u << 8)
-#define FETCHING (1u << 9)
-#define PUSHING  (1u << 10)
+#define LOCAL    (1u<<16)
+#define REMOTE   (1u<<17)
+#define FETCHING (1u<<18)
+#define PUSHING  (1u<<19)
 
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic refs. Only within reason, though */
 #define MAXDEPTH 5
diff --git a/rev-list.c b/rev-list.c
index cb67b399fc560c..a8fe83c5d805ea 100644
--- a/rev-list.c
+++ b/rev-list.c
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 
-/* bits #0-6 in revision.h */
+/* bits #0-15 in revision.h */
 
-#define COUNTED		(1u<<7)
+#define COUNTED		(1u<<16)
 
 static const char rev_list_usage[] =
 "git-rev-list [OPTION] <commit-id>... [ -- paths... ]\n"
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 0505f3f455151a..e1f9816bd7e2f9 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -750,6 +750,17 @@ static void rewrite_parents(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
 	}
 }
 
+static void mark_boundary_to_show(struct commit *commit)
+{
+	struct commit_list *p = commit->parents;
+	while (p) {
+		commit = p->item;
+		p = p->next;
+		if (commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY)
+			commit->object.flags |= BOUNDARY_SHOW;
+	}
+}
+
 struct commit *get_revision(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	struct commit_list *list = revs->commits;
@@ -787,8 +798,20 @@ struct commit *get_revision(struct rev_info *revs)
 		}
 		if (commit->object.flags & SHOWN)
 			continue;
-		if (!(commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY) &&
-		    (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING))
+
+		/* We want to show boundary commits only when their
+		 * children are shown.  When path-limiter is in effect,
+		 * rewrite_parents() drops some commits from getting shown,
+		 * and there is no point showing boundary parents that
+		 * are not shown.  After rewrite_parents() rewrites the
+		 * parents of a commit that is shown, we mark the boundary
+		 * parents with BOUNDARY_SHOW.
+		 */
+		if (commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY_SHOW) {
+			commit->object.flags |= SHOWN;
+			return commit;
+		}
+		if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
 			continue;
 		if (revs->min_age != -1 && (commit->date > revs->min_age))
 			continue;
@@ -801,6 +824,8 @@ struct commit *get_revision(struct rev_info *revs)
 			if (revs->parents)
 				rewrite_parents(revs, commit);
 		}
+		if (revs->boundary)
+			mark_boundary_to_show(commit);
 		commit->object.flags |= SHOWN;
 		return commit;
 	} while (revs->commits);
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 8970b57e3c7e2c..4b270435109a8a 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #define SHOWN		(1u<<3)
 #define TMP_MARK	(1u<<4) /* for isolated cases; clean after use */
 #define BOUNDARY	(1u<<5)
-#define ADDED		(1u<<6)	/* Parents already parsed and added? */
+#define BOUNDARY_SHOW	(1u<<6)
+#define ADDED		(1u<<7)	/* Parents already parsed and added? */
 
 struct rev_info;