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diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
index bfc78bb3f6..6ae6bcc0e8 100644
--- a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
check_symref(argv[0], quiet);
break;
case 2:
+ if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
+ prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/"))
+ die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/");
create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
break;
default: