diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index d5a93e0e91..707330499f 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct expand_data data;
+	int save_warning;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	if (!opt->format)
 		opt->format = "%(objectname) %(objecttype) %(objectsize)";
@@ -297,11 +299,10 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 	 * warn) ends up dwarfing the actual cost of the object lookups
 	 * themselves. We can work around it by just turning off the warning.
 	 */
+	save_warning = warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity;
 	warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = 0;
 
 	while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, '\n') != EOF) {
-		int error;
-
 		if (data.split_on_whitespace) {
 			/*
 			 * Split at first whitespace, tying off the beginning
@@ -316,12 +317,14 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 			data.rest = p;
 		}
 
-		error = batch_one_object(buf.buf, opt, &data);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
+		retval = batch_one_object(buf.buf, opt, &data);
+		if (retval)
+			break;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = save_warning;
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 78b5c3ac0b..85085501f6 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1575,6 +1575,10 @@ static void read_revisions_from_stdin(struct rev_info *revs,
 {
 	struct strbuf sb;
 	int seen_dashdash = 0;
+	int save_warning;
+
+	save_warning = warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity;
+	warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = 0;
 
 	strbuf_init(&sb, 1000);
 	while (strbuf_getwholeline(&sb, stdin, '\n') != EOF) {
@@ -1596,7 +1600,9 @@ static void read_revisions_from_stdin(struct rev_info *revs,
 	}
 	if (seen_dashdash)
 		read_pathspec_from_stdin(revs, &sb, prune);
+
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = save_warning;
 }
 
 static void add_grep(struct rev_info *revs, const char *ptn, enum grep_pat_token what)