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diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 878f82a410..1d4fbd3288 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1185,9 +1185,6 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
* to forbid "git merge" into a branch yet to be born.
* We do the same for "git pull".
*/
- if (argc != 1)
- die(_("Can merge only exactly one commit into "
- "empty head"));
if (squash)
die(_("Squash commit into empty head not supported yet"));
if (fast_forward == FF_NO)
@@ -1197,6 +1194,8 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
remote_head = remoteheads->item;
if (!remote_head)
die(_("%s - not something we can merge"), argv[0]);
+ if (remoteheads->next)
+ die(_("Can merge only exactly one commit into empty head"));
read_empty(remote_head->object.sha1, 0);
update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->object.sha1,
NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR);