diff --git a/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go b/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go
index 9b0aa8d82..5eae464a7 100644
--- a/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go
+++ b/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ func (f *SnapshotFilter) FindLatest(ctx context.Context, be Lister, loader Loade
 
 type SnapshotFindCb func(string, *Snapshot, error) error
 
+var ErrInvalidSnapshotSyntax = errors.New("snapshot:path syntax not allowed")
+
 // FindAll yields Snapshots, either given explicitly by `snapshotIDs` or filtered from the list of all snapshots.
 func (f *SnapshotFilter) FindAll(ctx context.Context, be Lister, loader LoaderUnpacked, snapshotIDs []string, fn SnapshotFindCb) error {
 	if len(snapshotIDs) != 0 {
@@ -148,11 +150,13 @@ func (f *SnapshotFilter) FindAll(ctx context.Context, be Lister, loader LoaderUn
 				if sn != nil {
 					ids.Insert(*sn.ID())
 				}
+			} else if strings.HasPrefix(s, "latest:") {
+				err = ErrInvalidSnapshotSyntax
 			} else {
 				var subpath string
 				sn, subpath, err = FindSnapshot(ctx, be, loader, s)
 				if err == nil && subpath != "" {
-					err = errors.New("snapshot:path syntax not allowed")
+					err = ErrInvalidSnapshotSyntax
 				} else if err == nil {
 					if ids.Has(*sn.ID()) {
 						continue
diff --git a/internal/restic/snapshot_find_test.go b/internal/restic/snapshot_find_test.go
index d330a5b01..30d9eaff4 100644
--- a/internal/restic/snapshot_find_test.go
+++ b/internal/restic/snapshot_find_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
 )
 
 func TestFindLatestSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,3 +44,48 @@ func TestFindLatestSnapshotWithMaxTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("FindLatest returned wrong snapshot ID: %v", *sn.ID())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFindLatestWithSubpath(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := repository.TestRepository(t)
+	restic.TestCreateSnapshot(t, repo, parseTimeUTC("2015-05-05 05:05:05"), 1, 0)
+	desiredSnapshot := restic.TestCreateSnapshot(t, repo, parseTimeUTC("2017-07-07 07:07:07"), 1, 0)
+
+	for _, exp := range []struct {
+		query   string
+		subpath string
+	}{
+		{"latest", ""},
+		{"latest:subpath", "subpath"},
+		{desiredSnapshot.ID().Str(), ""},
+		{desiredSnapshot.ID().Str() + ":subpath", "subpath"},
+		{desiredSnapshot.ID().String(), ""},
+		{desiredSnapshot.ID().String() + ":subpath", "subpath"},
+	} {
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			sn, subpath, err := (&restic.SnapshotFilter{}).FindLatest(context.TODO(), repo.Backend(), repo, exp.query)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("FindLatest returned error: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			test.Assert(t, *sn.ID() == *desiredSnapshot.ID(), "FindLatest returned wrong snapshot ID: %v", *sn.ID())
+			test.Assert(t, subpath == exp.subpath, "FindLatest returned wrong path in snapshot: %v", subpath)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFindAllSubpathError(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := repository.TestRepository(t)
+	desiredSnapshot := restic.TestCreateSnapshot(t, repo, parseTimeUTC("2017-07-07 07:07:07"), 1, 0)
+
+	count := 0
+	test.OK(t, (&restic.SnapshotFilter{}).FindAll(context.TODO(), repo.Backend(), repo,
+		[]string{"latest:subpath", desiredSnapshot.ID().Str() + ":subpath"},
+		func(id string, sn *restic.Snapshot, err error) error {
+			if err == restic.ErrInvalidSnapshotSyntax {
+				count++
+				return nil
+			}
+			return err
+		}))
+	test.Assert(t, count == 2, "unexpected number of subpath errors: %v, wanted %v", count, 2)
+}