diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ def walkchangerevs(repo, match, opts, pr
                     continue
                 # only yield rev for which we have the changelog, it can
                 # happen while doing "hg log" during a pull or commit
-                if linkrev > maxrev or linkrev >= cl_count:
+                if linkrev >= cl_count:
                     break
 
                 parentlinkrevs = []
@@ -1185,11 +1185,20 @@ def walkchangerevs(repo, match, opts, pr
 
             # iterate from latest to oldest revision
             for rev, flparentlinkrevs, copied in filerevgen(filelog, last):
-                if rev not in ancestors:
-                    continue
-                # XXX insert 1327 fix here
-                if flparentlinkrevs:
-                    ancestors.update(flparentlinkrevs)
+                if not follow:
+                    if rev > maxrev:
+                        continue
+                else:
+                    # Note that last might not be the first interesting
+                    # rev to us:
+                    # if the file has been changed after maxrev, we'll
+                    # have linkrev(last) > maxrev, and we still need
+                    # to explore the file graph
+                    if rev not in ancestors:
+                        continue
+                    # XXX insert 1327 fix here
+                    if flparentlinkrevs:
+                        ancestors.update(flparentlinkrevs)
 
                 fncache.setdefault(rev, []).append(file_)
                 wanted.add(rev)
diff --git a/tests/test-log.t b/tests/test-log.t
--- a/tests/test-log.t
+++ b/tests/test-log.t
@@ -1020,6 +1020,15 @@ log -p -R repo
   summary:     add foo, related
   
 
+Also check when maxrev < lastrevfilelog
+
+  $ hg --traceback log -f -r4 foo
+  changeset:   4:88176d361b69
+  user:        test
+  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+  summary:     add foo, related
+  
+
 Issue2383: hg log showing _less_ differences than hg diff
 
   $ hg init issue2383
@@ -1092,3 +1101,19 @@ Diff here should be the same:
   +b
   
   $ cd ..
+
+'hg log -r rev fn' when last(filelog(fn)) != rev
+
+  $ hg init simplelog; cd simplelog
+  $ echo f > a
+  $ hg ci -Am'a' -d '0 0'
+  adding a
+  $ echo f >> a
+  $ hg ci -Am'a bis' -d '1 0'
+
+  $ hg log -r0 a
+  changeset:   0:9f758d63dcde
+  user:        test
+  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+  summary:     a
+