diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 7c7fc39483e2713674a8cf3526651e34bdb9e9f7..33e1b503c4d58f5f0a0c109a37968419710fbd11 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ sub set_tree {
 	my ($self, $tree) = (shift, shift);
 	my $log_entry = ::get_commit_entry($tree);
 	unless ($self->{last_rev}) {
-		fatal("Must have an existing revision to commit");
+		::fatal("Must have an existing revision to commit");
 	}
 	my %ed_opts = ( r => $self->{last_rev},
 	                log => $log_entry->{log},