diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java
index 03aefdeee6a5..c8c354d1738f 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public final class GitBranchOperationsProcessor {
   @NotNull
   private static Collection<Change> loadTotalDiff(@NotNull GitRepository repository, @NotNull String branchName) {
     try {
-      return GitChangeUtils.getDiff(repository.getProject(), repository.getRoot(), null, branchName, null);
+      return GitChangeUtils.getDiff(repository.getProject(), repository.getRoot(), "HEAD", branchName, null);
     }
     catch (VcsException e) {
       // we treat it as critical and report an error
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java
index c0080c347893..ac54cdad14c1 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public class GitChangeUtils {
     String range = firstRevision == null ? nextRevision : firstRevision + ".." + nextRevision;
     String output = getDiffOutput(project, root, range, dirtyPaths);
     GitRevisionNumber thisRevision = firstRevision == null ? null : loadRevision(project, root, firstRevision);
-    parseChanges(project, root, thisRevision, loadRevision(project, root, nextRevision), output, changes, Collections.<String>emptySet());
+    parseChanges(project, root, loadRevision(project, root, nextRevision), thisRevision, output, changes, Collections.<String>emptySet());
     return changes;
   }