diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -2531,12 +2531,16 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
             dsmodified = modified
             dsadded = added
             dsremoved = removed
+            # store all local modifications, useful later for rename detection
+            localchanges = dsmodified | dsadded
             modified, added, removed = set(), set(), set()
         else:
             changes = repo.status(node1=parent, match=m)
             dsmodified = set(changes[0])
             dsadded    = set(changes[1])
             dsremoved  = set(changes[2])
+            # store all local modifications, useful later for rename detection
+            localchanges = dsmodified | dsadded
 
             # only take into account for removes between wc and target
             clean |= dsremoved - removed
@@ -2570,7 +2574,7 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
 
         # if f is a rename, update `names` to also revert the source
         cwd = repo.getcwd()
-        for f in dsadded:
+        for f in localchanges:
             src = repo.dirstate.copied(f)
             # XXX should we check for rename down to target node?
             if src and src not in names and repo.dirstate[src] == 'r':
diff --git a/tests/test-revert.t b/tests/test-revert.t
--- a/tests/test-revert.t
+++ b/tests/test-revert.t
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ reverting a rename target should revert 
   $ hg st a newa
   ? newa
 
+Also true for move overwriting an existing file
+
+  $ hg mv --force a b/b
+  $ hg revert b/b
+  $ hg status a b/b
+
   $ cd ..
 
   $ hg init ignored