diff --git a/mercurial/setdiscovery.py b/mercurial/setdiscovery.py
--- a/mercurial/setdiscovery.py
+++ b/mercurial/setdiscovery.py
@@ -190,4 +190,5 @@ def findcommonheads(ui, local, remote,
             ui.warn(_("warning: repository is unrelated\n"))
         return (set([nullid]), True, srvheadhashes,)
 
-    return (dag.externalizeall(result), True, srvheadhashes,)
+    anyincoming = (srvheadhashes != [nullid])
+    return dag.externalizeall(result), anyincoming, srvheadhashes
diff --git a/tests/test-incoming-outgoing.t b/tests/test-incoming-outgoing.t
--- a/tests/test-incoming-outgoing.t
+++ b/tests/test-incoming-outgoing.t
@@ -465,3 +465,16 @@ limit to 3 changesets
   date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
   summary:     11
   
+
+incoming from empty remote repository
+
+  $ hg init r1
+  $ hg init r2
+  $ echo a > r1/foo
+  $ hg -R r1 ci -Ama
+  adding foo
+  $ hg -R r1 incoming r2 --bundle x.hg
+  comparing with r2
+  searching for changes
+  no changes found
+  [1]