diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 0c55f7f065..5f4e8f7aa7 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		 */
 		if (!sorting)
 			sorting = ref_default_sorting();
-		sorting->ignore_case = icase;
+		ref_sorting_icase_all(sorting, icase);
 		print_ref_list(&filter, sorting, &format);
 		print_columns(&output, colopts, NULL);
 		string_list_clear(&output, 0);
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index e931be9ce4..312142923c 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (!sorting)
 		sorting = ref_default_sorting();
-	sorting->ignore_case = icase;
+	ref_sorting_icase_all(sorting, icase);
 	filter.ignore_case = icase;
 
 	filter.name_patterns = argv;
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 02f6bd1279..8903c851ea 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	if (!sorting)
 		sorting = ref_default_sorting();
-	sorting->ignore_case = icase;
+	ref_sorting_icase_all(sorting, icase);
 	filter.ignore_case = icase;
 	if (cmdmode == 'l') {
 		int ret;
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 5de616befe..05a62914ca 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -2163,6 +2163,12 @@ static int compare_refs(const void *a_, const void *b_, void *ref_sorting)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void ref_sorting_icase_all(struct ref_sorting *sorting, int flag)
+{
+	for (; sorting; sorting = sorting->next)
+		sorting->ignore_case = !!flag;
+}
+
 void ref_array_sort(struct ref_sorting *sorting, struct ref_array *array)
 {
 	QSORT_S(array->items, array->nr, compare_refs, sorting);
diff --git a/ref-filter.h b/ref-filter.h
index 85c8ebc3b9..87082cbf46 100644
--- a/ref-filter.h
+++ b/ref-filter.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ void ref_array_clear(struct ref_array *array);
 int verify_ref_format(struct ref_format *format);
 /*  Sort the given ref_array as per the ref_sorting provided */
 void ref_array_sort(struct ref_sorting *sort, struct ref_array *array);
+/*  Set the ignore_case flag for all elements of a sorting list */
+void ref_sorting_icase_all(struct ref_sorting *sorting, int flag);
 /*  Based on the given format and quote_style, fill the strbuf */
 int format_ref_array_item(struct ref_array_item *info,
 			  const struct ref_format *format,
diff --git a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
index 97bfbee6e8..b347bba087 100755
--- a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
@@ -828,4 +828,44 @@ test_expect_success 'for-each-ref --ignore-case ignores case' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'for-each-ref --ignore-case works on multiple sort keys' '
+	# name refs numerically to avoid case-insensitive filesystem conflicts
+	nr=0 &&
+	for email in a A b B
+	do
+		for subject in a A b B
+		do
+			GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$email@example.com" \
+			git tag -m "tag $subject" icase-$(printf %02d $nr) &&
+			nr=$((nr+1))||
+			return 1
+		done
+	done &&
+	git for-each-ref --ignore-case \
+		--format="%(taggeremail) %(subject) %(refname)" \
+		--sort=refname \
+		--sort=subject \
+		--sort=taggeremail \
+		refs/tags/icase-* >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	<a@example.com> tag a refs/tags/icase-00
+	<a@example.com> tag A refs/tags/icase-01
+	<A@example.com> tag a refs/tags/icase-04
+	<A@example.com> tag A refs/tags/icase-05
+	<a@example.com> tag b refs/tags/icase-02
+	<a@example.com> tag B refs/tags/icase-03
+	<A@example.com> tag b refs/tags/icase-06
+	<A@example.com> tag B refs/tags/icase-07
+	<b@example.com> tag a refs/tags/icase-08
+	<b@example.com> tag A refs/tags/icase-09
+	<B@example.com> tag a refs/tags/icase-12
+	<B@example.com> tag A refs/tags/icase-13
+	<b@example.com> tag b refs/tags/icase-10
+	<b@example.com> tag B refs/tags/icase-11
+	<B@example.com> tag b refs/tags/icase-14
+	<B@example.com> tag B refs/tags/icase-15
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done