diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index ff84a825ff..88eddbd53a 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (bisect_list)
 		revs.limited = 1;
 
-	if (use_bitmap_index) {
+	if (use_bitmap_index && !revs.prune) {
 		if (revs.count && !revs.left_right && !revs.cherry_mark) {
 			uint32_t commit_count;
 			if (!prepare_bitmap_walk(&revs)) {
diff --git a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
index f4f02ba918..bbb7623e70 100755
--- a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ rev_list_tests() {
 		test_cmp expect actual
 	'
 
+	test_expect_success "counting commits with limiting ($state)" '
+		git rev-list --count HEAD -- 1.t >expect &&
+		git rev-list --use-bitmap-index --count HEAD -- 1.t >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	'
+
 	test_expect_success "enumerate --objects ($state)" '
 		git rev-list --objects --use-bitmap-index HEAD >tmp &&
 		cut -d" " -f1 <tmp >tmp2 &&