diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index e77163e909..3dc1836480 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -158,18 +158,21 @@ static int get_name(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flag, voi
 	 * pattern.
 	 */
 	if (patterns.nr) {
+		int found = 0;
 		struct string_list_item *item;
 
 		if (!is_tag)
 			return 0;
 
 		for_each_string_list_item(item, &patterns) {
-			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0))
+			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0)) {
+				found = 1;
 				break;
-
-			/* If we get here, no pattern matched. */
-			return 0;
+			}
 		}
+
+		if (!found)
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Is it annotated? */
diff --git a/t/t6120-describe.sh b/t/t6120-describe.sh
index 3d45dc2955..70d92d24cb 100755
--- a/t/t6120-describe.sh
+++ b/t/t6120-describe.sh
@@ -182,10 +182,14 @@ check_describe "test2-lightweight-*" --tags --match="test2-*"
 
 check_describe "test2-lightweight-*" --long --tags --match="test2-*" HEAD^
 
-check_describe "test1-lightweight-*" --long --tags --match="test1-*" --match="test2-*" HEAD^
+check_describe "test2-lightweight-*" --long --tags --match="test1-*" --match="test2-*" HEAD^
 
 check_describe "test2-lightweight-*" --long --tags --match="test1-*" --no-match --match="test2-*" HEAD^
 
+check_describe "test1-lightweight-*" --long --tags --match="test1-*" --match="test3-*" HEAD
+
+check_describe "test1-lightweight-*" --long --tags --match="test3-*" --match="test1-*" HEAD
+
 test_expect_success 'name-rev with exact tags' '
 	echo A >expect &&
 	tag_object=$(git rev-parse refs/tags/A) &&