diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2224 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2224
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05078ceae00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2224
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Bugfix: Don't abort the find command when a tree can't be loaded
+
+Change the find command so that missing trees don't result in a crash.
+Instead, the error is logged to the debug log, and the tree ID is displayed
+along with the snapshot it belongs to.  This makes it possible to recover
+repositories that are missing trees by forgetting the snapshots they are used
+in.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2224
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
index 48b952f5d16..44bd9a88827 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
@@ -258,9 +258,13 @@ func (f *Finder) findInSnapshot(ctx context.Context, sn *restic.Snapshot) error
 	}
 
 	f.out.newsn = sn
-	return walker.Walk(ctx, f.repo, *sn.Tree, f.ignoreTrees, func(_ restic.ID, nodepath string, node *restic.Node, err error) (bool, error) {
+	return walker.Walk(ctx, f.repo, *sn.Tree, f.ignoreTrees, func(parentTreeID restic.ID, nodepath string, node *restic.Node, err error) (bool, error) {
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			debug.Log("Error loading tree %v: %v", parentTreeID, err)
+
+			Printf("Unable to load tree %s\n ... which belongs to snapshot %s.\n", parentTreeID, sn.ID())
+
+			return false, walker.SkipNode
 		}
 
 		if node == nil {
@@ -340,7 +344,11 @@ func (f *Finder) findIDs(ctx context.Context, sn *restic.Snapshot) error {
 	f.out.newsn = sn
 	return walker.Walk(ctx, f.repo, *sn.Tree, f.ignoreTrees, func(parentTreeID restic.ID, nodepath string, node *restic.Node, err error) (bool, error) {
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			debug.Log("Error loading tree %v: %v", parentTreeID, err)
+
+			Printf("Unable to load tree %s\n ... which belongs to snapshot %s.\n", parentTreeID, sn.ID())
+
+			return false, walker.SkipNode
 		}
 
 		if node == nil {