diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index eaffa8ebb8..1db844100a 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -2542,6 +2542,12 @@ fast_forward_edit:
 			res = run_git_commit(NULL, reflog_action, opts, flags);
 			*check_todo = 1;
 		}
+		/*
+		 * If "git commit" failed to run then res == -1, but we don't
+		 * want reschedule the last command because the picking the
+		 * commit was successful.
+		 */
+		res = !!res;
 	}