diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 1a664137d2..8264a9243f 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ static int do_interactive_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts, unsigned flags)
 
 	argv_array_pushl(&make_script_args, "", revisions, NULL);
 	if (opts->restrict_revision)
-		argv_array_push(&make_script_args,
-				oid_to_hex(&opts->restrict_revision->object.oid));
+		argv_array_pushf(&make_script_args, "^%s",
+				 oid_to_hex(&opts->restrict_revision->object.oid));
 
 	ret = sequencer_make_script(the_repository, &todo_list.buf,
 				    make_script_args.argc, make_script_args.argv,
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index 79762b989a..71fd6396cd 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -165,11 +165,29 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase works with format.useAutoBase' '
 	git rebase master
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'default to common base in @{upstream}s reflog if no upstream arg' '
+test_expect_success 'default to common base in @{upstream}s reflog if no upstream arg (--merge)' '
 	git checkout -b default-base master &&
 	git checkout -b default topic &&
 	git config branch.default.remote . &&
 	git config branch.default.merge refs/heads/default-base &&
+	git rebase --merge &&
+	git rev-parse --verify default-base >expect &&
+	git rev-parse default~1 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	git checkout default-base &&
+	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+	git checkout default &&
+	git rebase --merge &&
+	git rev-parse --verify default-base >expect &&
+	git rev-parse default~1 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'default to common base in @{upstream}s reflog if no upstream arg' '
+	git checkout -B default-base master &&
+	git checkout -B default topic &&
+	git config branch.default.remote . &&
+	git config branch.default.merge refs/heads/default-base &&
 	git rebase &&
 	git rev-parse --verify default-base >expect &&
 	git rev-parse default~1 >actual &&