diff --git a/swh/storage/algos/revisions_walker.py b/swh/storage/algos/revisions_walker.py
index 9b683f83..455b7ab7 100644
--- a/swh/storage/algos/revisions_walker.py
+++ b/swh/storage/algos/revisions_walker.py
@@ -1,513 +1,520 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import heapq
 
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from collections import deque
 
 _revs_walker_classes = {}
 
 
 class _RevisionsWalkerMetaClass(ABCMeta):
     def __new__(cls, clsname, bases, attrs):
         newclass = super().__new__(cls, clsname, bases, attrs)
         if 'rw_type' in attrs:
             _revs_walker_classes[attrs['rw_type']] = newclass
         return newclass
 
 
 class RevisionsWalker(metaclass=_RevisionsWalkerMetaClass):
     """
     Abstract base class encapsulating the logic to walk across
     a revisions history starting from a given one.
 
     It defines an iterator returning the revisions according
     to a specific ordering implemented in derived classes.
 
     The iteration step performs the following operations:
 
         1) Check if the iteration is finished by calling method
            :meth:`is_finished` and raises :exc:`StopIteration` if it
            it is the case
 
         2) Get the next unseen revision by calling method
            :meth:`get_next_rev_id`
 
         3) Process parents of that revision by calling method
            :meth:`process_parent_revs` for the next iteration
            steps
 
         4) Check if the revision should be returned by calling
            method :meth:`should_return` and returns it if
            it is the case
 
     In order to easily instantiate a specific type of revisions
     walker, it is recommended to use the factory function
     :func:`get_revisions_walker`.
 
     Args:
         storage (swh.storage.storage.Storage): instance of swh storage
             (either local or remote)
         rev_start (bytes): a revision identifier
         max_revs (Optional[int]): maximum number of revisions to return
         state (Optional[dict]): previous state of that revisions walker
     """
 
     def __init__(self, storage, rev_start, max_revs=None, state=None):
         self._revs_to_visit = []
         self._done = set()
         self._revs = {}
         self._last_rev = None
         self._num_revs = 0
         self._max_revs = max_revs
         if state:
             self._revs_to_visit = state['revs_to_visit']
             self._done = state['done']
             self._last_rev = state['last_rev']
             self._num_revs = state['num_revs']
         self.storage = storage
         self.process_rev(rev_start)
 
     @abstractmethod
     def process_rev(self, rev_id):
         """
         Abstract method whose purpose is to process a newly visited
         revision during the walk.
         Derived classes must implement it according to the desired
         method to walk across the revisions history (for instance
         through a dfs on the revisions DAG).
 
         Args:
             rev_id (bytes): the newly visited revision identifier
         """
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
     def get_next_rev_id(self):
         """
         Abstract method whose purpose is to return the next revision
         during the iteration.
         Derived classes must implement it according to the desired
         method to walk across the revisions history.
 
         Returns:
             dict: A dict describing a revision as returned by
             :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
         """
         pass
 
     def process_parent_revs(self, rev):
         """
         Process the parents of a revision when it is iterated.
         The default implementation simply calls :meth:`process_rev`
         for each parent revision in the order they are declared.
 
         Args:
             rev (dict): A dict describing a revision as returned by
                 :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
         """
         for parent_id in rev['parents']:
             self.process_rev(parent_id)
 
     def should_return(self, rev):
         """
         Filter out a revision to return if needed.
         Default implementation returns all iterated revisions.
 
         Args:
             rev (dict): A dict describing a revision as returned by
                 :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
 
         Returns:
             bool: Whether to return the revision in the iteration
         """
         return True
 
     def is_finished(self):
         """
         Determine if the iteration is finished.
         This method is called at the beginning of each iteration loop.
 
         Returns:
             bool: Whether the iteration is finished
         """
         if self._max_revs is not None and self._num_revs >= self._max_revs:
             return True
         if not self._revs_to_visit:
             return True
         return False
 
     def _get_rev(self, rev_id):
-        rev = self._revs.get(rev_id, None)
-        if not rev:
+        rev = self._revs.get(rev_id)
+        if rev is None:
             # cache some revisions in advance to avoid sending too much
             # requests to storage and thus speedup the revisions walk
             for rev in self.storage.revision_log([rev_id], limit=100):
+                # revision data is missing, returned history will be truncated
+                if rev is None:
+                    continue
                 self._revs[rev['id']] = rev
-        return self._revs[rev_id]
+        return self._revs.get(rev_id)
 
     def export_state(self):
         """
         Export the internal state of that revision walker to a dict.
         Its purpose is to continue the iteration in a pagination context.
 
         Returns:
             dict: A dict containing the internal state of that revisions walker
         """
         return {
             'revs_to_visit': self._revs_to_visit,
             'done': self._done,
             'last_rev': self._last_rev,
             'num_revs': self._num_revs
         }
 
     def __next__(self):
         if self.is_finished():
             raise StopIteration
         while self._revs_to_visit:
             rev_id = self.get_next_rev_id()
             if rev_id in self._done:
                 continue
             self._done.add(rev_id)
             rev = self._get_rev(rev_id)
+            # revision data is missing, returned history will be truncated
+            if rev is None:
+                continue
             self.process_parent_revs(rev)
             if self.should_return(rev):
                 self._num_revs += 1
                 self._last_rev = rev
                 return rev
         raise StopIteration
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
 
 class CommitterDateRevisionsWalker(RevisionsWalker):
     """
     Revisions walker that returns revisions in reverse chronological
     order according to committer date (same behaviour as ``git log``)
     """
 
     rw_type = 'committer_date'
 
     def process_rev(self, rev_id):
         """
         Add the revision to a priority queue according to the committer date.
 
         Args:
             rev_id (bytes): the newly visited revision identifier
         """
         if rev_id not in self._done:
             rev = self._get_rev(rev_id)
-            commit_time = rev['committer_date']['timestamp']['seconds']
-            heapq.heappush(self._revs_to_visit, (-commit_time, rev_id))
+            if rev is not None:
+                commit_time = rev['committer_date']['timestamp']['seconds']
+                heapq.heappush(self._revs_to_visit, (-commit_time, rev_id))
 
     def get_next_rev_id(self):
         """
         Return the smallest revision from the priority queue, i.e.
         the one with highest committer date.
 
         Returns:
             dict: A dict describing a revision as returned by
             :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
         """
         _, rev_id = heapq.heappop(self._revs_to_visit)
         return rev_id
 
 
 class BFSRevisionsWalker(RevisionsWalker):
     """
     Revisions walker that returns revisions in the same order
     as when performing a breadth-first search on the revisions
     DAG.
     """
 
     rw_type = 'bfs'
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._revs_to_visit = deque(self._revs_to_visit)
 
     def process_rev(self, rev_id):
         """
         Append the revision to a queue.
 
         Args:
             rev_id (bytes): the newly visited revision identifier
         """
         if rev_id not in self._done:
             self._revs_to_visit.append(rev_id)
 
     def get_next_rev_id(self):
         """
         Return the next revision from the queue.
 
         Returns:
             dict: A dict describing a revision as returned by
             :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
         """
         return self._revs_to_visit.popleft()
 
 
 class DFSPostRevisionsWalker(RevisionsWalker):
     """
     Revisions walker that returns revisions in the same order
     as when performing a depth-first search in post-order on the
     revisions DAG (i.e. after visiting a merge commit,
     the merged commit will be visited before the base it was
     merged on).
     """
 
     rw_type = 'dfs_post'
 
     def process_rev(self, rev_id):
         """
         Append the revision to a stack.
 
         Args:
             rev_id (bytes): the newly visited revision identifier
         """
         if rev_id not in self._done:
             self._revs_to_visit.append(rev_id)
 
     def get_next_rev_id(self):
         """
         Return the next revision from the stack.
 
         Returns:
             dict: A dict describing a revision as returned by
             :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
         """
         return self._revs_to_visit.pop()
 
 
 class DFSRevisionsWalker(DFSPostRevisionsWalker):
     """
     Revisions walker that returns revisions in the same order
     as when performing a depth-first search in pre-order on the
     revisions DAG (i.e. after visiting a merge commit,
     the base commit it was merged on will be visited before
     the merged commit).
     """
 
     rw_type = 'dfs'
 
     def process_parent_revs(self, rev):
         """
         Process the parents of a revision when it is iterated in
         the reversed order they are declared.
 
         Args:
             rev (dict): A dict describing a revision as returned by
                 :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
         """
         for parent_id in reversed(rev['parents']):
             self.process_rev(parent_id)
 
 
 class PathRevisionsWalker(CommitterDateRevisionsWalker):
     """
     Revisions walker that returns revisions where a specific
     path in the source tree has been modified, in other terms
     it allows to get the history for a specific file or directory.
 
     It has a behaviour similar to what ``git log`` offers by default,
     meaning the returned history is simplified in order to only
     show relevant revisions (see the `History Simplification
     <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log#_history_simplification>`_
     section of the associated manual for more details).
 
     Please note that to avoid walking the entire history, the iteration
     will stop once a revision where the path has been added is found.
 
     .. warning:: Due to client-side implementation, performances
         are not optimal when the total numbers of revisions to walk
         is large. This should only be used when the total number of
         revisions does not exceed a couple of thousands.
 
     Args:
         storage (swh.storage.storage.Storage): instance of swh storage
             (either local or remote)
         rev_start (bytes): a revision identifier
         path (str): the path in the source tree to retrieve the history
         max_revs (Optional[int]): maximum number of revisions to return
         state (Optional[dict]): previous state of that revisions walker
     """
 
     rw_type = 'path'
 
     def __init__(self, storage, rev_start, path, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(storage, rev_start, **kwargs)
         paths = path.strip('/').split('/')
         self._path = list(map(lambda p: p.encode('utf-8'), paths))
         self._rev_dir_path = {}
 
     def _get_path_id(self, rev_id):
         """
         Return the path checksum identifier in the source tree of the
         provided revision. If the path corresponds to a directory, the
         value computed by :func:`swh.model.identifiers.directory_identifier`
         will be returned. If the path corresponds to a file, its sha1
         checksum will be returned.
 
         Args:
             rev_id (bytes): a revision identifier
 
         Returns:
             bytes: the path identifier
         """
 
         rev = self._get_rev(rev_id)
 
         rev_dir_id = rev['directory']
 
         if rev_dir_id not in self._rev_dir_path:
             try:
                 dir_info = \
                     self.storage.directory_entry_get_by_path(rev_dir_id,
                                                              self._path)
                 self._rev_dir_path[rev_dir_id] = dir_info['target']
             except Exception:
                 self._rev_dir_path[rev_dir_id] = None
 
         return self._rev_dir_path[rev_dir_id]
 
     def is_finished(self):
         """
         Check if the revisions iteration is finished.
         This checks for the specified path's existence in the last
         returned revision's parents' source trees.
         If not, the iteration is considered finished.
 
         Returns:
             bool: Whether to return the revision in the iteration
         """
         if self._path and self._last_rev:
             last_rev_parents = self._last_rev['parents']
             last_rev_parents_path_ids = [self._get_path_id(p_rev)
                                          for p_rev in last_rev_parents]
             no_path = all([path_id is None
                            for path_id in last_rev_parents_path_ids])
             if no_path:
                 return True
         return super().is_finished()
 
     def process_parent_revs(self, rev):
         """
         Process parents when a new revision is iterated.
         It enables to get a simplified revisions history in the same
         manner as ``git log``. When a revision has multiple parents,
         the following process is applied. If the revision was a merge,
         and has the same path identifier to one parent, follow only that
         parent (even if there are several parents with the same path
         identifier, follow only one of them.) Otherwise, follow all parents.
 
         Args:
             rev (dict): A dict describing a revision as returned by
                 :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
         """
         rev_path_id = self._get_path_id(rev['id'])
 
         if rev_path_id:
             if len(rev['parents']) == 1:
                 self.process_rev(rev['parents'][0])
             else:
                 parent_rev_path_ids = [self._get_path_id(p_rev)
                                        for p_rev in rev['parents']]
                 different_trees = all([path_id != rev_path_id
                                        for path_id in parent_rev_path_ids])
                 for i, p_rev in enumerate(rev['parents']):
                     if different_trees or \
                             parent_rev_path_ids[i] == rev_path_id:
                         self.process_rev(p_rev)
                         if not different_trees:
                             break
         else:
             super().process_parent_revs(rev)
 
     def should_return(self, rev):
         """
         Check if a revision should be returned when iterating.
         It verifies that the specified path has been modified
         by the revision but also that all parents have a path
         identifier different from the revision one in order
         to get a simplified history.
 
         Args:
             rev (dict): A dict describing a revision as returned by
                 :meth:`swh.storage.storage.Storage.revision_get`
 
         Returns:
             bool: Whether to return the revision in the iteration
         """
         rev_path_id = self._get_path_id(rev['id'])
 
         if not rev['parents']:
             return rev_path_id is not None
 
         parent_rev_path_ids = [self._get_path_id(p_rev)
                                for p_rev in rev['parents']]
         different_trees = all([path_id != rev_path_id
                                for path_id in parent_rev_path_ids])
 
         if rev_path_id != parent_rev_path_ids[0] and different_trees:
             return True
 
         return False
 
 
 def get_revisions_walker(rev_walker_type, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     Instantiate a revisions walker of a given type.
 
     The following code snippet demonstrates how to use a revisions
     walker for processing a whole revisions history::
 
         from swh.storage import get_storage
 
         storage = get_storage(...)
 
         revs_walker = get_revisions_walker('committer_date', storage, rev_id)
         for rev in revs_walker:
             # process revision rev
 
     It is also possible to walk a revisions history in a paginated
     way as illustrated below::
 
         def get_revs_history_page(rw_type, storage, rev_id, page_num,
                                   page_size, rw_state):
             max_revs = (page_num + 1) * page_size
             revs_walker = get_revisions_walker(rw_type, storage, rev_id,
                                                max_revs=max_revs,
                                                state=rw_state)
             revs = list(revs_walker)
             rw_state = revs_walker.export_state()
             return revs
 
         rev_start = ...
         per_page = 50
         rw_state = {}
 
         for page in range(0, 10):
             revs_page = get_revs_history_page('dfs', storage, rev_start, page,
                                               per_page, rw_state)
             # process revisions page
 
 
     Args:
         rev_walker_type (str): the type of revisions walker to return,
             possible values are: *committer_date*, *dfs*, *dfs_post*,
             *bfs* and *path*
         args (list): position arguments to pass to the revisions walker
             constructor
         kwargs (dict): keyword arguments to pass to the revisions walker
             constructor
 
     """
     if rev_walker_type not in _revs_walker_classes:
         raise Exception('No revisions walker found for type "%s"'
                         % rev_walker_type)
     revs_walker_class = _revs_walker_classes[rev_walker_type]
     return revs_walker_class(*args, **kwargs)