diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -1635,10 +1635,13 @@ def amend(ui, repo, commitfunc, old, ext
             # First, do a regular commit to record all changes in the working
             # directory (if there are any)
             ui.callhooks = False
+            currentbookmark = repo._bookmarkcurrent
             try:
+                repo._bookmarkcurrent = None
                 opts['message'] = 'temporary amend commit for %s' % old
                 node = commit(ui, repo, commitfunc, pats, opts)
             finally:
+                repo._bookmarkcurrent = currentbookmark
                 ui.callhooks = True
             ctx = repo[node]
 
diff --git a/tests/test-commit-amend.t b/tests/test-commit-amend.t
--- a/tests/test-commit-amend.t
+++ b/tests/test-commit-amend.t
@@ -243,6 +243,24 @@ Moving bookmarks, preserve active bookma
      book1                     1:48bb6e53a15f
    * book2                     1:48bb6e53a15f
 
+abort does not loose bookmarks
+
+  $ cat > editor.sh << '__EOF__'
+  > #!/bin/sh
+  > echo "" > "$1"
+  > __EOF__
+  $ echo a >> a
+  $ HGEDITOR="\"sh\" \"`pwd`/editor.sh\"" hg commit --amend
+  transaction abort!
+  rollback completed
+  abort: empty commit message
+  [255]
+  $ hg book
+     book1                     1:48bb6e53a15f
+   * book2                     1:48bb6e53a15f
+  $ hg revert -Caq
+  $ rm editor.sh
+
   $ echo '[defaults]' >> $HGRCPATH
   $ echo "commit=-d '0 0'" >> $HGRCPATH