diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -3477,8 +3477,8 @@ def log(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     getrenamed = None
     if opts.get('copies'):
         endrev = None
-        if opts.get('rev'):
-            endrev = scmutil.revrange(repo, opts.get('rev')).max() + 1
+        if revs:
+            endrev = revs.max() + 1
         getrenamed = templatekw.getrenamedfn(repo, endrev=endrev)
 
     ui.pager('log')
diff --git a/tests/test-log.t b/tests/test-log.t
--- a/tests/test-log.t
+++ b/tests/test-log.t
@@ -656,6 +656,9 @@ log copies, execute bit set
   6 
 #endif
 
+log copies, empty set
+
+  $ hg log --copies -r '0 and not 0'
 
 log -p d