diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index 3474f8c3d6..6550f27dfe 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static enum ls_tree_cmdmode {
 	MODE_DEFAULT = 0,
 	MODE_LONG,
 	MODE_NAME_ONLY,
+	MODE_NAME_STATUS,
 	MODE_OBJECT_ONLY,
 } cmdmode;
 
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "name-only", &cmdmode, N_("list only filenames"),
 			    MODE_NAME_ONLY),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "name-status", &cmdmode, N_("list only filenames"),
-			    MODE_NAME_ONLY),
+			    MODE_NAME_STATUS),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "object-only", &cmdmode, N_("list only objects"),
 			    MODE_OBJECT_ONLY),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "full-name", &chomp_prefix,
@@ -322,6 +323,14 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		ls_tree_prefix = prefix = NULL;
 		chomp_prefix = 0;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * We wanted to detect conflicts between --name-only and
+	 * --name-status, but once we're done with that subsequent
+	 * code should only need to check the primary name.
+	 */
+	if (cmdmode == MODE_NAME_STATUS)
+		cmdmode = MODE_NAME_ONLY;
+
 	/* -d -r should imply -t, but -d by itself should not have to. */
 	if ( (LS_TREE_ONLY|LS_RECURSIVE) ==
 	    ((LS_TREE_ONLY|LS_RECURSIVE) & ls_options))
diff --git a/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh b/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh
index d979c0df5d..81c6343962 100755
--- a/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-tree fails with non-zero exit code on broken tree' '
 '
 
 for opts in \
-	"--name-only --long" \
-	"--name-status --long" \
-	"--name-only --object-only" \
+	"--long --name-only" \
+	"--name-only --name-status" \
 	"--name-status --object-only" \
-	"--object-only --long" \
-	"--object-only --format"
+	"--object-only --long"
 do
 	test_expect_success "usage: incompatible options: $opts" '
 		test_expect_code 129 git ls-tree $opts $tree
-    '
+	'
+
+	one_opt=$(echo "$opts" | cut -d' '  -f1)
+	test_expect_success "usage: incompatible options: $one_opt and --format" '
+		test_expect_code 129 git ls-tree $one_opt --format=fmt $tree
+	'
 done
 test_done