diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index 0b2d886c81b..3a6c8455b47 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static void write_commit_patch(const struct am_state *state, struct commit *comm
 	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &rev_info, NULL);
 	rev_info.diff = 1;
 	rev_info.abbrev = 0;
-	rev_info.disable_stdin = 1;
+	rev_info.stdin_handling = REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE;
 	rev_info.show_root_diff = 1;
 	rev_info.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 	rev_info.no_commit_id = 1;
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ static void write_index_patch(const struct am_state *state)
 	fp = xfopen(am_path(state, "patch"), "w");
 	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &rev_info, NULL);
 	rev_info.diff = 1;
-	rev_info.disable_stdin = 1;
+	rev_info.stdin_handling = REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE;
 	rev_info.no_commit_id = 1;
 	rev_info.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 	rev_info.diffopt.use_color = 0;
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 641523ff9af..c9f66c58c46 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		argv[argc - 1] = "--";
 	}
 
-	revs.disable_stdin = 1;
+	revs.stdin_handling = REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE;
 	setup_revisions(argc, argv, &revs, NULL);
 	if (!revs.pending.nr && is_bare_repository()) {
 		struct commit *head_commit;
diff --git a/builtin/diff-tree.c b/builtin/diff-tree.c
index f33d30d57bf..fc548ebe166 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-tree.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int cmd_diff_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die(_("index file corrupt"));
 	opt->abbrev = 0;
 	opt->diff = 1;
-	opt->disable_stdin = 1;
+	opt->stdin_handling = REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE;
 	memset(&s_r_opt, 0, sizeof(s_r_opt));
 	s_r_opt.tweak = diff_tree_tweak_rev;
 
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 36cb909ebaa..f1778833401 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if ((!revs.commits && reflog_walk_empty(revs.reflog_info) &&
 	     (!(revs.tag_objects || revs.tree_objects || revs.blob_objects) &&
 	      !revs.pending.nr) &&
-	     !revs.rev_input_given && !revs.read_from_stdin) ||
+	     !revs.rev_input_given && !revs.consumed_stdin) ||
 	    revs.diff)
 		usage(rev_list_usage);
 
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 8140561b6c7..50909339a59 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2741,14 +2741,17 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 			}
 
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--stdin")) {
-				if (revs->disable_stdin) {
+				switch (revs->stdin_handling) {
+				case REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE:
 					argv[left++] = arg;
 					continue;
+				case REV_INFO_STDIN_CONSUME_ON_OPTION:
+					if (revs->consumed_stdin)
+						die("--stdin given twice?");
+					read_revisions_from_stdin(revs, &prune_data);
+					revs->consumed_stdin = 1;
+					continue;
 				}
-				if (revs->read_from_stdin++)
-					die("--stdin given twice?");
-				read_revisions_from_stdin(revs, &prune_data);
-				continue;
 			}
 
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--end-of-options")) {
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 7464434f600..99458cc0647 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ struct rev_cmdline_info {
 struct oidset;
 struct topo_walk_info;
 
+enum rev_info_stdin {
+	REV_INFO_STDIN_CONSUME_ON_OPTION,
+	REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE,
+};
+
 struct rev_info {
 	/* Starting list */
 	struct commit_list *commits;
@@ -114,9 +119,22 @@ struct rev_info {
 	int rev_input_given;
 
 	/*
-	 * Whether we read from stdin due to the --stdin option.
+	 * How should we handle seeing --stdin?
+	 *
+	 * Defaults to REV_INFO_STDIN_CONSUME_ON_OPTION where we'll
+	 * attempt to read it if we see the --stdin option.
+	 *
+	 * Can be set to REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE to ignore the --stdin
+	 * option.
+	 */
+	enum rev_info_stdin stdin_handling;
+
+	/*
+	 * Did we read from stdin due to stdin_handling ==
+	 * REV_INFO_STDIN_CONSUME_ON_OPTION and seeing the --stdin
+	 * option?
 	 */
-	int read_from_stdin;
+	unsigned int consumed_stdin:1;
 
 	/* topo-sort */
 	enum rev_sort_order sort_order;
@@ -217,7 +235,7 @@ struct rev_info {
 			preserve_subject:1,
 			encode_email_headers:1,
 			include_header:1;
-	unsigned int	disable_stdin:1;
+
 	/* --show-linear-break */
 	unsigned int	track_linear:1,
 			track_first_time:1,
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 0bec01cf38e..4e73bd79d69 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -3377,7 +3377,7 @@ static int make_patch(struct repository *r,
 	log_tree_opt.abbrev = 0;
 	log_tree_opt.diff = 1;
 	log_tree_opt.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
-	log_tree_opt.disable_stdin = 1;
+	log_tree_opt.stdin_handling = REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE;
 	log_tree_opt.no_commit_id = 1;
 	log_tree_opt.diffopt.file = fopen(buf.buf, "w");
 	log_tree_opt.diffopt.use_color = GIT_COLOR_NEVER;
@@ -4513,7 +4513,7 @@ static int pick_commits(struct repository *r,
 			log_tree_opt.diff = 1;
 			log_tree_opt.diffopt.output_format =
 				DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT;
-			log_tree_opt.disable_stdin = 1;
+			log_tree_opt.stdin_handling = REV_INFO_STDIN_IGNORE;
 
 			if (read_oneliner(&buf, rebase_path_orig_head(), 0) &&
 			    !get_oid(buf.buf, &orig) &&
