diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index 0228568c1..da5b74410 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -325,8 +325,14 @@ class DownloadPipeline:
             sizes = [None] * len(ids)
         else:
             raise TypeError(f"unsupported or mixed element types: {chunks}")
-        for id, size, cdata in zip(ids, sizes, self.repository.get_many(ids, is_preloaded=is_preloaded)):
-            _, data = self.repo_objs.parse(id, cdata, ro_type=ro_type)
+        for id, size, cdata in zip(
+            ids, sizes, self.repository.get_many(ids, is_preloaded=is_preloaded, raise_missing=False)
+        ):
+            if cdata is None:
+                logger.error(f"repository object {bin_to_hex(id)} missing, returning {size} zero bytes.")
+                data = zeros[:size] if size is not None else None
+            else:
+                _, data = self.repo_objs.parse(id, cdata, ro_type=ro_type)
             assert size is None or len(data) == size
             yield data
 
diff --git a/src/borg/remote.py b/src/borg/remote.py
index 2d642fdb7..7c0871c02 100644
--- a/src/borg/remote.py
+++ b/src/borg/remote.py
@@ -943,7 +943,9 @@ class RemoteRepository:
                             self.to_send.push_back(msgpack.packb({MSGID: self.msgid, MSG: cmd, ARGS: args}))
                     if not self.to_send and self.preload_ids:
                         chunk_id = self.preload_ids.pop(0)
-                        args = {"id": chunk_id, "raise_missing": True}
+                        # for preloading chunks, the raise_missing behaviour is defined HERE,
+                        # not in the get_many / fetch_many call that later fetches the preloaded chunks.
+                        args = {"id": chunk_id, "raise_missing": False}
                         self.msgid += 1
                         self.chunkid_to_msgids.setdefault(chunk_id, []).append(self.msgid)
                         self.to_send.push_back(msgpack.packb({MSGID: self.msgid, MSG: "get", ARGS: args}))
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py
index a6dd9632c..fc0226ed2 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import pytest
 from ... import xattr
 from ...chunker import has_seek_hole
 from ...constants import *  # NOQA
-from ...helpers import EXIT_WARNING, BackupPermissionError
+from ...helpers import EXIT_WARNING, BackupPermissionError, bin_to_hex
 from ...helpers import flags_noatime, flags_normal
 from .. import changedir, same_ts_ns
 from .. import are_symlinks_supported, are_hardlinks_supported, is_utime_fully_supported, is_birthtime_fully_supported
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ from . import (
     _extract_hardlinks_setup,
     assert_creates_file,
     generate_archiver_tests,
+    create_src_archive,
+    open_archive,
+    src_file,
 )
 
 pytest_generate_tests = lambda metafunc: generate_archiver_tests(metafunc, kinds="local,remote,binary")  # NOQA
@@ -737,3 +740,22 @@ def test_dry_run_extraction_flags(archivers, request):
         print(output)
 
     assert not os.listdir("output"), "Output directory should be empty after dry-run"
+
+
+def test_extract_file_with_missing_chunk(archivers, request):
+    archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
+    cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
+    create_src_archive(archiver, "archive")
+    # Get rid of a chunk
+    archive, repository = open_archive(archiver.repository_path, "archive")
+    with repository:
+        for item in archive.iter_items():
+            if item.path.endswith(src_file):
+                chunk = item.chunks[-1]
+                repository.delete(chunk.id)
+                break
+        else:
+            assert False  # missed the file
+    output = cmd(archiver, "extract", "archive")
+    # TODO: this is a bit dirty still: no warning/error rc, no filename output for the damaged file.
+    assert f"repository object {bin_to_hex(chunk.id)} missing, returning {chunk.size} zero bytes." in output