diff --git a/hgext/convert/hg.py b/hgext/convert/hg.py
--- a/hgext/convert/hg.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/hg.py
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ class mercurial_source(converter_source)
             if name in self.ignored:
                 continue
             try:
-                copysource, copynode = ctx.filectx(name).renamed()
-                if copysource in self.ignored or not self.keep(copynode):
+                copysource, _copynode = ctx.filectx(name).renamed()
+                if copysource in self.ignored:
                     continue
                 # Ignore copy sources not in parent revisions
                 found = False
diff --git a/tests/test-convert-hg-startrev.t b/tests/test-convert-hg-startrev.t
--- a/tests/test-convert-hg-startrev.t
+++ b/tests/test-convert-hg-startrev.t
@@ -120,16 +120,26 @@ Convert from merge parent
 
 Check copy preservation
 
+  $ hg st -C --change 2 e
+  M e
+  $ hg st -C --change 1 e
+  A e
+    a
+  $ hg st -C --change 0 a
+  A a
+
+(It seems like a bug in log that the following doesn't show rev 1.)
+
   $ hg log --follow --copies e
-  changeset:   2:60633ee11cfa
+  changeset:   2:82bbac3d2cf4
   user:        test
   date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:04 1970 +0000
   summary:     4: merge 2 and 3
   
-  changeset:   1:d56e8baefff8
+  changeset:   0:23c3be426dce
   user:        test
-  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:02 1970 +0000
-  summary:     2: copy e from a, change b
+  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:01 1970 +0000
+  summary:     1: add c, move f to d
   
 Check copy removal on missing parent