diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 898d3c2ca4..bfe4ba4213 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -3413,29 +3413,54 @@ int for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(const char *refname, each_reflog_ent_fn fn, void
 
 			bp = find_beginning_of_line(buf, scanp);
 
-			if (*bp != '\n') {
-				strbuf_splice(&sb, 0, 0, buf, endp - buf);
-				if (pos)
-					break; /* need to fill another block */
-				scanp = buf - 1; /* leave loop */
-			} else {
+			if (*bp == '\n') {
 				/*
-				 * (bp + 1) thru endp is the beginning of the
-				 * current line we have in sb
+				 * The newline is the end of the previous line,
+				 * so we know we have complete line starting
+				 * at (bp + 1). Prefix it onto any prior data
+				 * we collected for the line and process it.
 				 */
 				strbuf_splice(&sb, 0, 0, bp + 1, endp - (bp + 1));
 				scanp = bp;
 				endp = bp + 1;
-			}
-			ret = show_one_reflog_ent(&sb, fn, cb_data);
-			strbuf_reset(&sb);
-			if (ret)
+				ret = show_one_reflog_ent(&sb, fn, cb_data);
+				strbuf_reset(&sb);
+				if (ret)
+					break;
+			} else if (!pos) {
+				/*
+				 * We are at the start of the buffer, and the
+				 * start of the file; there is no previous
+				 * line, and we have everything for this one.
+				 * Process it, and we can end the loop.
+				 */
+				strbuf_splice(&sb, 0, 0, buf, endp - buf);
+				ret = show_one_reflog_ent(&sb, fn, cb_data);
+				strbuf_reset(&sb);
 				break;
+			}
+
+			if (bp == buf) {
+				/*
+				 * We are at the start of the buffer, and there
+				 * is more file to read backwards. Which means
+				 * we are in the middle of a line. Note that we
+				 * may get here even if *bp was a newline; that
+				 * just means we are at the exact end of the
+				 * previous line, rather than some spot in the
+				 * middle.
+				 *
+				 * Save away what we have to be combined with
+				 * the data from the next read.
+				 */
+				strbuf_splice(&sb, 0, 0, buf, endp - buf);
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 
 	}
 	if (!ret && sb.len)
-		ret = show_one_reflog_ent(&sb, fn, cb_data);
+		die("BUG: reverse reflog parser had leftover data");
 
 	fclose(logfp);
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index 8cf446165e..779d4e3829 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
@@ -287,4 +287,34 @@ test_expect_success 'stale dirs do not cause d/f conflicts (reflogs off)' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+# Triggering the bug detected by this test requires a newline to fall
+# exactly BUFSIZ-1 bytes from the end of the file. We don't know
+# what that value is, since it's platform dependent. However, if
+# we choose some value N, we also catch any D which divides N evenly
+# (since we will read backwards in chunks of D). So we choose 8K,
+# which catches glibc (with an 8K BUFSIZ) and *BSD (1K).
+#
+# Each line is 114 characters, so we need 75 to still have a few before the
+# last 8K. The 89-character padding on the final entry lines up our
+# newline exactly.
+test_expect_success 'parsing reverse reflogs at BUFSIZ boundaries' '
+	git checkout -b reflogskip &&
+	z38=00000000000000000000000000000000000000 &&
+	ident="abc <xyz> 0000000001 +0000" &&
+	for i in $(test_seq 1 75); do
+		printf "$z38%02d $z38%02d %s\t" $i $(($i+1)) "$ident" &&
+		if test $i = 75; then
+			for j in $(test_seq 1 89); do
+				printf X
+			done
+		else
+			printf X
+		fi &&
+		printf "\n"
+	done >.git/logs/refs/heads/reflogskip &&
+	git rev-parse reflogskip@{73} >actual &&
+	echo ${z38}03 >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done