diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c1beb91d1e..100d12a365 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ git-annex (8.20210224) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Prevent combinations of options such as --all with --include.
   * Fixed handling of --mimetype or --mimeencoding combined with
     options like --all or --unused.
-
-Also, made --mimetype combined with eg --all work, by looking at the
-object file when operating on keys.
+  * Fix handling of --branch combined with --unlocked or --locked.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:18:38 -0400
 
diff --git a/CmdLine/Seek.hs b/CmdLine/Seek.hs
index 5cd036995c..1681e522d3 100644
--- a/CmdLine/Seek.hs
+++ b/CmdLine/Seek.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import qualified Git.LsFiles as LsFiles
 import qualified Git.LsTree as LsTree
 import qualified Git.Types as Git
 import qualified Git.Ref
+import Git.Types (toTreeItemType, TreeItemType(..))
 import Git.FilePath
 import qualified Limit
 import CmdLine.GitAnnex.Options
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import Logs
 import Logs.Unused
 import Types.Transfer
 import Logs.Transfer
+import Types.Link
 import Remote.List
 import qualified Remote
 import Annex.CatFile
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ withKeyOptions ko auto seeker keyaction = withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction
   where
 	mkkeyaction = do
 		matcher <- Limit.getMatcher
-		return $ \v@(_si, k, ai) -> checkseeker k $
+		return $ \lt v@(_si, k, ai) -> checkseeker k $
 			let i = case ai of
 				ActionItemBranchFilePath (BranchFilePath _ topf) _ ->
 					ProvidedInfo
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ withKeyOptions ko auto seeker keyaction = withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction
 						, providedFileSize = Nothing
 						, providedMimeType = Nothing
 						, providedMimeEncoding = Nothing
-						, providedLinkType = Nothing
+						, providedLinkType = lt
 						}
 				_ -> ProvidedInfo
 					{ providedFilePath = Nothing
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ withKeyOptions ko auto seeker keyaction = withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction
 					, providedFileSize = Nothing
 					, providedMimeType = Nothing
 					, providedMimeEncoding = Nothing
-					, providedLinkType = Nothing
+					, providedLinkType = lt
 					}
 			in whenM (matcher (MatchingInfo i)) $
 				keyaction v
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ withKeyOptions ko auto seeker keyaction = withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction
 withKeyOptions' 
 	:: Maybe KeyOptions
 	-> Bool
-	-> Annex ((SeekInput, Key, ActionItem) -> Annex ())
+	-> Annex (Maybe LinkType -> (SeekInput, Key, ActionItem) -> Annex ())
 	-> (WorkTreeItems -> CommandSeek)
 	-> WorkTreeItems
 	-> CommandSeek
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction fallbackaction worktreeitems = do
 		(True, Just WantFailedTransfers) -> nofilename $ noauto runfailedtransfers
 		(True, Just (WantSpecificKey k)) -> nofilename $ noauto $ runkeyaction (return [k])
 		(True, Just WantIncompleteKeys) -> nofilename $ noauto $ runkeyaction incompletekeys
-		(True, Just (WantBranchKeys bs)) -> nofilename $ noauto $ runbranchkeys bs
+		(True, Just (WantBranchKeys bs)) -> noauto $ runbranchkeys bs
 		(False, Just _) -> giveup "Can only specify one of file names, --all, --branch, --unused, --failed, --key, or --incomplete"
   where
 	noauto a
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction fallbackaction worktreeitems = do
 			Nothing -> return ()
 			Just ((k, f), content) -> checktimelimit (discard reader) $ do
 				maybe noop (Annex.BranchState.setCache f) content
-				keyaction (SeekInput [], k, mkActionItem k)
+				keyaction Nothing (SeekInput [], k, mkActionItem k)
 				go reader
 		catObjectStreamLsTree l (getk . getTopFilePath . LsTree.file) g go
 		liftIO $ void cleanup
@@ -294,17 +296,22 @@ withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction fallbackaction worktreeitems = do
 	runkeyaction getks = do
 		keyaction <- mkkeyaction
 		ks <- getks
-		forM_ ks $ \k -> keyaction (SeekInput [], k, mkActionItem k)
+		forM_ ks $ \k -> keyaction Nothing (SeekInput [], k, mkActionItem k)
 	
 	runbranchkeys bs = do
 		keyaction <- mkkeyaction
 		forM_ bs $ \b -> do
 			(l, cleanup) <- inRepo $ LsTree.lsTree LsTree.LsTreeRecursive b
 			forM_ l $ \i -> catKey (LsTree.sha i) >>= \case
-				Nothing -> noop
 				Just k -> 
 					let bfp = mkActionItem (BranchFilePath b (LsTree.file i), k)
-					in keyaction (SeekInput [], k, bfp)
+					    lt = case toTreeItemType (LsTree.mode i) of
+						Just TreeSymlink -> Just LockedLink
+						Just TreeFile -> Just UnlockedLink
+						Just TreeExecutable -> Just UnlockedLink
+						_ -> Nothing
+					in keyaction lt (SeekInput [], k, bfp)
+				Nothing -> noop
 			unlessM (liftIO cleanup) $
 				error ("git ls-tree " ++ Git.fromRef b ++ " failed")
 	
@@ -313,7 +320,7 @@ withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction fallbackaction worktreeitems = do
 		rs <- remoteList
 		ts <- concat <$> mapM (getFailedTransfers . Remote.uuid) rs
 		forM_ ts $ \(t, i) ->
-			keyaction (SeekInput [], transferKey t, mkActionItem (t, i))
+			keyaction Nothing (SeekInput [], transferKey t, mkActionItem (t, i))
 
 seekFiltered :: ((SeekInput, RawFilePath) -> Annex Bool) -> ((SeekInput, RawFilePath) -> CommandSeek) -> Annex ([(SeekInput, RawFilePath)], IO Bool) -> Annex ()
 seekFiltered prefilter a listfs = do
diff --git a/Command/Sync.hs b/Command/Sync.hs
index ecd5b34dbf..6875e60009 100644
--- a/Command/Sync.hs
+++ b/Command/Sync.hs
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ seekSyncContent o rs currbranch = do
 				pure Nothing
 	waitForAllRunningCommandActions
 	withKeyOptions' (keyOptions o) False
-		(return (commandAction . gokey mvar bloom))
+		(return (const (commandAction . gokey mvar bloom)))
 		(const noop)
 		(WorkTreeItems [])
 	waitForAllRunningCommandActions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/find_--branch__58___no_results_with_--__123__un__44____125__locked.mdwn b/doc/bugs/find_--branch__58___no_results_with_--__123__un__44____125__locked.mdwn
index 9e56e20430..0d4e1cadbd 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/find_--branch__58___no_results_with_--__123__un__44____125__locked.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/find_--branch__58___no_results_with_--__123__un__44____125__locked.mdwn
@@ -80,3 +80,5 @@ Thanks in advance.
 
 [[!meta author=kyle]]
 [[!tag projects/datalad]]
+
+> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]