diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 578d228ecf0f0f1f9b291a93ebd1ac61d45227e5..ae3461a222982e0cf006efe62c39de6ebefc0b76 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -1266,7 +1266,9 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		repository.pull(false, remotePick.label, branchPick.label);
+		const remoteCharCnt = remotePick.label.length;
+
+		repository.pull(false, remotePick.label, branchPick.label.slice(remoteCharCnt+1));
 	}
 
 	@command('git.pull', { repository: true })