diff --git a/git-filter-repo b/git-filter-repo
index ac039ec..3c7fd0c 100755
--- a/git-filter-repo
+++ b/git-filter-repo
@@ -1314,6 +1314,8 @@ class FastExportParser(object):
       if not tag.dumped:
         self._imported_refs.add(b'refs/tags/'+tag.ref)
         tag.dump(self._output)
+    else:
+      tag.skip()
 
   def _parse_progress(self):
     """
diff --git a/t/t9390-filter-repo.sh b/t/t9390-filter-repo.sh
index 14bdeaa..d2186b0 100755
--- a/t/t9390-filter-repo.sh
+++ b/t/t9390-filter-repo.sh
@@ -317,6 +317,31 @@ test_expect_success '--tag-rename' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'tag of tag before relevant portion of history' '
+	test_create_repo filtered_tag_of_tag &&
+	(
+		cd filtered_tag_of_tag &&
+		echo contents >file &&
+		git add file &&
+		git commit -m "Initial" &&
+
+		git tag -a -m "Inner Tag" inner_tag HEAD &&
+		git tag -a -m "Outer Tag" outer_tag inner_tag &&
+
+		mkdir subdir &&
+		echo stuff >subdir/whatever &&
+		git add subdir &&
+		git commit -m "Add file in subdir" &&
+
+		git filter-repo --force --subdirectory-filter subdir &&
+
+		git show-ref >refs &&
+		! grep refs/tags refs &&
+		git log --all --oneline >commits &&
+		test_line_count = 1 commits
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success '--subdirectory-filter' '
 	setup_metasyntactic_repo &&
 	(