diff --git a/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh b/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
index 61c8e810ccede4..a87c211d0b16d0 100755
--- a/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
+++ b/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
@@ -485,6 +485,24 @@ test_expect_success 'commit --trailer not confused by --- separator' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'commit --trailer with --verbose' '
+	cat >msg <<-\EOF &&
+	subject
+
+	body
+	EOF
+	GIT_EDITOR=: git commit --edit -F msg --allow-empty \
+		--trailer="my-trailer: value" --verbose &&
+	{
+		cat msg &&
+		echo &&
+		echo "my-trailer: value"
+	} >expected &&
+	git cat-file commit HEAD >commit.msg &&
+	sed -e "1,/^\$/d" commit.msg >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'multiple -m' '
 
 	>negative &&
diff --git a/t/t7513-interpret-trailers.sh b/t/t7513-interpret-trailers.sh
index 832aff06167360..ec9c6de114fddf 100755
--- a/t/t7513-interpret-trailers.sh
+++ b/t/t7513-interpret-trailers.sh
@@ -1916,4 +1916,23 @@ test_expect_success 'suppress --- handling' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'suppressing --- does not disable cut-line handling' '
+	echo "real-trailer: before the cut" >expected &&
+
+	git interpret-trailers --parse --no-divider >actual <<-\EOF &&
+	subject
+
+	This input has a cut-line in it; we should stop parsing when we see it
+	and consider only trailers before that line.
+
+	real-trailer: before the cut
+
+	# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
+	# Nothing below this line counts as part of the commit message.
+	not-a-trailer: too late
+	EOF
+
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/trailer.c b/trailer.c
index 3a0710a4583a4a..ef9df4af558fbb 100644
--- a/trailer.c
+++ b/trailer.c
@@ -845,16 +845,15 @@ static size_t find_end_of_log_message(const char *input, int no_divider)
 	/* Assume the naive end of the input is already what we want. */
 	end = strlen(input);
 
-	if (no_divider)
-		return end;
-
 	/* Optionally skip over any patch part ("---" line and below). */
-	for (s = input; *s; s = next_line(s)) {
-		const char *v;
+	if (!no_divider) {
+		for (s = input; *s; s = next_line(s)) {
+			const char *v;
 
-		if (skip_prefix(s, "---", &v) && isspace(*v)) {
-			end = s - input;
-			break;
+			if (skip_prefix(s, "---", &v) && isspace(*v)) {
+				end = s - input;
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 	}