diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableTest.java
index ec8b759..229c753 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableTest.java
@@ -836,6 +836,12 @@
 			}
 			assertFalse(lc.next());
 		}
+
+		for (Ref exp : refs) {
+ 			try (LogCursor lc = t.seekLog(exp.getName())) {
+				assertTrue("has " + exp.getName(), lc.next());
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockReader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockReader.java
index b66751b..6ae7e45 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockReader.java
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 class BlockReader {
 	private byte blockType;
 	private long endPosition;
-	private boolean truncated;
 
 	private byte[] buf;
 	private int bufLen;
@@ -112,10 +111,6 @@
 		return blockType;
 	}
 
-	boolean truncated() {
-		return truncated;
-	}
-
 	long endPosition() {
 		return endPosition;
 	}
@@ -331,16 +326,8 @@
 			// Log blocks must be inflated after the header.
 			long deflatedSize = inflateBuf(src, pos, blockLen, fileBlockSize);
 			endPosition = pos + 4 + deflatedSize;
-		}
-		if (bufLen < blockLen) {
-			if (blockType != INDEX_BLOCK_TYPE) {
-				throw invalidBlock();
-			}
-			// Its OK during sequential scan for an index block to have been
-			// partially read and be truncated in-memory. This happens when
-			// the index block is larger than the file's blockSize. Caller
-			// will break out of its scan loop once it sees the blockType.
-			truncated = true;
+		} else if (bufLen < blockLen) {
+			readBlockIntoBuf(src, pos, blockLen);
 		} else if (bufLen > blockLen) {
 			bufLen = blockLen;
 		}
@@ -405,7 +392,7 @@
 	}
 
 	void verifyIndex() throws IOException {
-		if (blockType != INDEX_BLOCK_TYPE || truncated) {
+		if (blockType != INDEX_BLOCK_TYPE) {
 			throw invalidBlock();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableReader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableReader.java
index fef5fa5..3b912ea 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableReader.java
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
 
 		BlockReader b = new BlockReader();
 		b.readBlock(src, pos, sz);
-		if (b.type() == INDEX_BLOCK_TYPE && !b.truncated()) {
+		if (b.type() == INDEX_BLOCK_TYPE) {
 			if (indexCache == null) {
 				indexCache = new LongMap<>();
 			}