diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java
index 5b02ce6c9..ca695d2a8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	private int remaining;
 
 	/** Blame is currently assigned to this source. */
-	private Candidate currentSource;
+	private Candidate outCandidate;
+	private Region outRegion;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a blame generator for the repository and path (relative to
@@ -466,19 +467,19 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 */
 	public boolean next() throws IOException {
 		// If there is a source still pending, produce the next region.
-		if (currentSource != null) {
-			Region r = currentSource.regionList;
-			Region n = r.next;
+		if (outRegion != null) {
+			Region r = outRegion;
 			remaining -= r.length;
-			if (n != null) {
-				currentSource.regionList = n;
+			if (r.next != null) {
+				outRegion = r.next;
 				return true;
 			}
 
-			if (currentSource.queueNext != null)
-				return result(currentSource.queueNext);
+			if (outCandidate.queueNext != null)
+				return result(outCandidate.queueNext);
 
-			currentSource = null;
+			outCandidate = null;
+			outRegion = null;
 		}
 
 		// If there are no lines remaining, the entire result is done,
@@ -518,9 +519,9 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	}
 
 	private boolean result(Candidate n) throws IOException {
-		if (n.sourceCommit != null)
-			revPool.parseBody(n.sourceCommit);
-		currentSource = n;
+		n.beginResult(revPool);
+		outCandidate = n;
+		outRegion = n.regionList;
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -688,9 +689,8 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 			revPool.parseHeaders(parent);
 			if (!find(parent, n.sourcePath))
 				continue;
-			if (!(n instanceof ReverseCandidate) && idBuf.equals(n.sourceBlob)) {
+			if (!(n instanceof ReverseCandidate) && idBuf.equals(n.sourceBlob))
 				return blameEntireRegionOnParent(n, parent);
-			}
 			if (ids == null)
 				ids = new ObjectId[pCnt];
 			ids[pIdx] = idBuf.toObjectId();
@@ -720,10 +720,8 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 					// have an exact content match. For performance reasons
 					// we choose to follow the one parent over trying to do
 					// possibly both parents.
-					n.sourceCommit = parent;
 					n.setSourcePath(PathFilter.create(r.getOldPath()));
-					push(n);
-					return false;
+					return blameEntireRegionOnParent(n, parent);
 				}
 
 				renames[pIdx] = r;
@@ -847,12 +845,12 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 * @return current revision being blamed.
 	 */
 	public RevCommit getSourceCommit() {
-		return currentSource.sourceCommit;
+		return outCandidate.sourceCommit;
 	}
 
 	/** @return current author being blamed. */
 	public PersonIdent getSourceAuthor() {
-		return currentSource.getAuthor();
+		return outCandidate.getAuthor();
 	}
 
 	/** @return current committer being blamed. */
@@ -863,12 +861,12 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 
 	/** @return path of the file being blamed. */
 	public String getSourcePath() {
-		return currentSource.sourcePath.getPath();
+		return outCandidate.sourcePath.getPath();
 	}
 
 	/** @return rename score if a rename occurred in {@link #getSourceCommit}. */
 	public int getRenameScore() {
-		return currentSource.renameScore;
+		return outCandidate.renameScore;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -878,7 +876,7 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 *         {@link #getSourcePath()}.
 	 */
 	public int getSourceStart() {
-		return currentSource.regionList.sourceStart;
+		return outRegion.sourceStart;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -888,7 +886,7 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 *         {@link #getSourcePath()}.
 	 */
 	public int getSourceEnd() {
-		Region r = currentSource.regionList;
+		Region r = outRegion;
 		return r.sourceStart + r.length;
 	}
 
@@ -897,7 +895,7 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 *         blamed for providing. Line numbers use 0 based indexing.
 	 */
 	public int getResultStart() {
-		return currentSource.regionList.resultStart;
+		return outRegion.resultStart;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -908,7 +906,7 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 *         than {@link #getResultStart()}.
 	 */
 	public int getResultEnd() {
-		Region r = currentSource.regionList;
+		Region r = outRegion;
 		return r.resultStart + r.length;
 	}
 
@@ -919,7 +917,7 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 *         {@code getSourceEnd() - getSourceStart()}.
 	 */
 	public int getRegionLength() {
-		return currentSource.regionList.length;
+		return outRegion.length;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -930,7 +928,7 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	 *         applications will want the result contents for display to users.
 	 */
 	public RawText getSourceContents() {
-		return currentSource.sourceText;
+		return outCandidate.sourceText;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -951,7 +949,8 @@ public class BlameGenerator {
 	public void release() {
 		revPool.release();
 		queue = null;
-		currentSource = null;
+		outCandidate = null;
+		outRegion = null;
 	}
 
 	private boolean find(RevCommit commit, PathFilter path) throws IOException {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameResult.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameResult.java
index 2d445fd7b..faaa227b4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameResult.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameResult.java
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ public class BlameResult {
 		BlameGenerator gen = generator;
 		if (gen == null)
 			return;
+		if (start == 0 && end == resultContents.size()) {
+			computeAll();
+			return;
+		}
 
 		while (start < end) {
 			if (hasSourceData(start, end))
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/Candidate.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/Candidate.java
index a652278d0..c7c34f0a3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/Candidate.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/Candidate.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.blame.ReverseWalk.ReverseCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.Edit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.EditList;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.RawText;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.MissingObjectException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevFlag;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.filter.PathFilter;
 
 /**
@@ -114,6 +116,10 @@ class Candidate {
 		recursivePath = path.shouldBeRecursive();
 	}
 
+	void beginResult(RevWalk rw) throws MissingObjectException, IOException {
+		rw.parseBody(sourceCommit);
+	}
+
 	int getParentCount() {
 		return sourceCommit.getParentCount();
 	}
@@ -405,6 +411,11 @@ class Candidate {
 			description = name;
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		void beginResult(RevWalk rw) {
+			// Blob candidates have nothing to prepare.
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		int getParentCount() {
 			return parent != null ? 1 : 0;