diff --git a/hgext/convert/hg.py b/hgext/convert/hg.py
--- a/hgext/convert/hg.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/hg.py
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ class mercurial_source(converter_source)
         parents = self.parents(ctx)
         if not parents:
             files = util.sort(ctx.manifest().keys())
+            if self.ignoreerrors:
+                # calling getcopies() is a simple way to detect missing
+                # revlogs and populate self.ignored
+                self.getcopies(ctx, files)
             return [(f, rev) for f in files if f not in self.ignored], {}
         if self._changescache and self._changescache[0] == rev:
             m, a, r = self._changescache[1]
diff --git a/tests/test-convert-hg-source.out b/tests/test-convert-hg-source.out
--- a/tests/test-convert-hg-source.out
+++ b/tests/test-convert-hg-source.out
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ scanning source...
 sorting...
 converting...
 4 init
+ignoring: data/b.i@1e88685f5dde: no match found
 3 changebagain
-ignoring: data/b.i@4b3c32ced4f8: no match found
 2 changeall
 1 merge
 0 moveb