diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 0dbdc1d007..3b29fbde2f 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ static int grep_source_1(struct grep_opt *opt, struct grep_source *gs, int colle
 		return 0;
 
 	if (opt->status_only)
-		return 0;
+		return opt->unmatch_name_only;
 	if (opt->unmatch_name_only) {
 		/* We did not see any hit, so we want to show this */
 		show_name(opt, gs->name);
diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh
index cee42097b0..7395038f7e 100755
--- a/t/t7810-grep.sh
+++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh
@@ -370,6 +370,11 @@ test_expect_success 'grep -L -C' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'grep --files-without-match --quiet' '
+	git grep --files-without-match --quiet nonexistent_string >actual &&
+	test_cmp /dev/null actual
+'
+
 cat >expected <<EOF
 file:foo mmap bar_mmap
 EOF