diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                 self.ui.warn(_("abort: push creates new remote branches!\n"))
                 self.ui.status(_("(did you forget to merge?"
                                  " use push -f to force)\n"))
-                return None, 1
+                return None, 0
             elif inc:
                 self.ui.warn(_("note: unsynced remote changes!\n"))
 
diff --git a/tests/test-push-warn.out b/tests/test-push-warn.out
--- a/tests/test-push-warn.out
+++ b/tests/test-push-warn.out
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pushing to ../c
 searching for changes
 abort: push creates new remote branches!
 (did you forget to merge? use push -f to force)
-0
+1
 pushing to ../c
 searching for changes
 no changes found
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ pushing to ../c
 searching for changes
 abort: push creates new remote branches!
 (did you forget to merge? use push -f to force)
-0
+1
 pushing to ../c
 searching for changes
 abort: push creates new remote branches!
 (did you forget to merge? use push -f to force)
-0
+1
 pushing to ../c
 searching for changes
 adding changesets