diff --git a/builtin-fetch-pack.c b/builtin-fetch-pack.c
index fe8cfa0cb899d0db2f572e4fcf859dea9e895197..c97a42739d23ac7ed90ae207e5a3770c388e66a7 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch-pack.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static const unsigned char* get_rev(void)
 			return NULL;
 
 		commit = rev_list->item;
-		if (commit->object.parsed)
+		if (!commit->object.parsed)
 			parse_commit(commit);
 		parents = commit->parents;