diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -1336,6 +1336,8 @@
             pm = repo.changelog._partialmatch(n)
             if pm is not None:
                 rn = repo.changelog.rev(pm)
+        except LookupError:
+            pass
         except error.WdirUnsupported:
             rn = node.wdirrev
 
diff --git a/tests/test-revset.t b/tests/test-revset.t
--- a/tests/test-revset.t
+++ b/tests/test-revset.t
@@ -1713,8 +1713,6 @@
 
 Test hexadecimal revision
   $ log 'id(2)'
-  abort: 00changelog.i@2: ambiguous identifier!
-  [255]
   $ log 'id(23268)'
   4
   $ log 'id(2785f51eece)'