diff --git a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go
index 2566a671ad77..a0559388d403 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func toForbidigoSettings(old versionone.ForbidigoSettings) versiontwo.ForbidigoS
 	}
 
 	for _, pattern := range old.Forbid {
-		if pattern.Pattern == nil {
+		if pattern.Pattern == nil && pattern.Msg == nil && pattern.Package == nil {
 			buffer, err := pattern.MarshalString()
 			if err != nil {
 				// impossible case
diff --git a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.golden.yml b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.golden.yml
index 24813752807b..958547a9554c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.golden.yml
+++ b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.golden.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ linters:
         - pattern: ^spew\.(ConfigState\.)?Dump$
         - pattern: ^v1.Dump$
           pkg: ^example.com/pkg/api/v1$
+        - pkg: ^github.com/howeyc/gopass$
+          msg: github.com/howeyc/gopass is archived, use golang.org/x/term instead
       exclude-godoc-examples: false
       analyze-types: true
diff --git a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.yml b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.yml
index ee612a2e9928..b943f8e07dba 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.yml
+++ b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_forbidigo.yml
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ linters-settings:
       - ^spew\.(ConfigState\.)?Dump$
       - p: ^v1.Dump$
         pkg: ^example.com/pkg/api/v1$
+      - pkg: ^github.com/howeyc/gopass$
+        msg: "github.com/howeyc/gopass is archived, use golang.org/x/term instead"
     exclude-godoc-examples: false
     analyze-types: true