1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index b1941505b2..3756f127b0 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -399,8 +399,12 @@ void find_bisection(struct commit_list **commit_list, int *reaches,
 	/* Do the real work of finding bisection commit. */
 	best = do_find_bisection(list, nr, weights, find_all);
 	if (best) {
-		if (!find_all)
+		if (!find_all) {
+			list->item = best->item;
+			free_commit_list(list->next);
+			best = list;
 			best->next = NULL;
+		}
 		*reaches = weight(best);
 	}
 	free(weights);