diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Fetch.cs b/src/ViewModels/Fetch.cs
index 0930e7773..4eecffd62 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Fetch.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Fetch.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public override async Task<bool> Sure()
             log.Complete();
 
             var upstream = _repo.CurrentBranch?.Upstream;
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(upstream))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(upstream) && _repo.CurrentBranch.TrackStatus.Ahead.Count == 0)
             {
                 var upstreamHead = await new Commands.QueryRevisionByRefName(_repo.FullPath, upstream.Substring(13)).GetResultAsync();
                 _repo.NavigateToCommit(upstreamHead, true);