diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index 0e53e3da4f..a72a626b18 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c
@@ -19,19 +19,27 @@ static const char *exclude_existing_arg;
 
 static void show_one(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid)
 {
-	const char *hex = find_unique_abbrev(oid->hash, abbrev);
+	const char *hex;
+	struct object_id peeled;
+
+	hex = find_unique_abbrev(oid->hash, abbrev);
 	if (hash_only)
 		printf("%s\n", hex);
 	else
 		printf("%s %s\n", hex, refname);
+
+	if (!deref_tags)
+		return;
+
+	if (!peel_ref(refname, peeled.hash)) {
+		hex = find_unique_abbrev(peeled.hash, abbrev);
+		printf("%s %s^{}\n", hex, refname);
+	}
 }
 
 static int show_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 		    int flag, void *cbdata)
 {
-	const char *hex;
-	struct object_id peeled;
-
 	if (show_head && !strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))
 		goto match;
 
@@ -79,13 +87,6 @@ static int show_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 
 	show_one(refname, oid);
 
-	if (!deref_tags)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!peel_ref(refname, peeled.hash)) {
-		hex = find_unique_abbrev(peeled.hash, abbrev);
-		printf("%s %s^{}\n", hex, refname);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
index 5932beada1..c6872bd96f 100755
--- a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ test_expect_success 'show-ref -d' '
 	git show-ref -d refs/tags/A refs/tags/C >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual &&
 
+	git show-ref --verify -d refs/tags/A refs/tags/C >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
 	echo $(git rev-parse refs/heads/master) refs/heads/master >expect &&
 	git show-ref -d master >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual &&
@@ -116,6 +119,12 @@ test_expect_success 'show-ref -d' '
 	test_cmp expect actual &&
 
 	test_must_fail git show-ref -d --verify heads/master >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	test_must_fail git show-ref --verify -d A C >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	test_must_fail git show-ref --verify -d tags/A tags/C >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 
 '