diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 8a6ecf31a5..d3d81fcc12 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -537,12 +537,18 @@ static int fsck_commit_buffer(struct commit *commit, const char *buffer,
 
 	if (!skip_prefix(buffer, "tree ", &buffer))
 		return report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_MISSING_TREE, "invalid format - expected 'tree' line");
-	if (get_sha1_hex(buffer, tree_sha1) || buffer[40] != '\n')
-		return report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_BAD_TREE_SHA1, "invalid 'tree' line format - bad sha1");
+	if (get_sha1_hex(buffer, tree_sha1) || buffer[40] != '\n') {
+		err = report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_BAD_TREE_SHA1, "invalid 'tree' line format - bad sha1");
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 	buffer += 41;
 	while (skip_prefix(buffer, "parent ", &buffer)) {
-		if (get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1) || buffer[40] != '\n')
-			return report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_BAD_PARENT_SHA1, "invalid 'parent' line format - bad sha1");
+		if (get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1) || buffer[40] != '\n') {
+			err = report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_BAD_PARENT_SHA1, "invalid 'parent' line format - bad sha1");
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
 		buffer += 41;
 		parent_line_count++;
 	}
@@ -551,11 +557,17 @@ static int fsck_commit_buffer(struct commit *commit, const char *buffer,
 	if (graft) {
 		if (graft->nr_parent == -1 && !parent_count)
 			; /* shallow commit */
-		else if (graft->nr_parent != parent_count)
-			return report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_MISSING_GRAFT, "graft objects missing");
+		else if (graft->nr_parent != parent_count) {
+			err = report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_MISSING_GRAFT, "graft objects missing");
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
 	} else {
-		if (parent_count != parent_line_count)
-			return report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_MISSING_PARENT, "parent objects missing");
+		if (parent_count != parent_line_count) {
+			err = report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_MISSING_PARENT, "parent objects missing");
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
 	}
 	if (!skip_prefix(buffer, "author ", &buffer))
 		return report(options, &commit->object, FSCK_MSG_MISSING_AUTHOR, "invalid format - expected 'author' line");