diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@
 
             # iterate from latest to oldest revision
             for rev, flparentlinkrevs, copied in filerevgen(filelog, last):
-                if rev not in ancestors:
+                if follow and rev not in ancestors:
                     continue
                 # XXX insert 1327 fix here
                 if flparentlinkrevs: