diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -2640,6 +2640,10 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
         if opts.get('no_backup'):
             backup = check = discard
 
+        backupanddel = actions['remove']
+        if not opts.get('no_backup'):
+            backupanddel = actions['drop']
+
         disptable = (
             # dispatch table:
             #   file state
@@ -2658,7 +2662,7 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
             # Added in working directory
             (dsadded,       actions['forget'],   discard),
             # Added since target, have local modification
-            (modadded,      actions['remove'],   discard),
+            (modadded,      backupanddel,        backup),
             # Added since target but file is missing in working directory
             (deladded,      actions['drop'],   discard),
             # Removed since  target, before working copy parent
diff --git a/tests/test-revert.t b/tests/test-revert.t
--- a/tests/test-revert.t
+++ b/tests/test-revert.t
@@ -940,16 +940,12 @@ Compare resulting directory with revert 
 The diff is filtered to include change only. The only difference should be
 additional `.orig` backup file when applicable.
 
-Misbehavior:
-
-- no backup for
-| - added_wc (DATA LOSS)
-
   $ python ../dircontent.py > ../content-base-all.txt
   $ cd ..
   $ diff -U 0 -- content-base.txt content-base-all.txt | grep _
   +parent added_untracked-clean
   +wc     added_untracked-wc
+  +wc     added_wc.orig
   +wc     clean_untracked-wc.orig
   +wc     clean_wc.orig
   +wc     missing_untracked-wc