diff --git a/contrib/revsetbenchmarks.txt b/contrib/revsetbenchmarks.txt
--- a/contrib/revsetbenchmarks.txt
+++ b/contrib/revsetbenchmarks.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ draft() and ::tip
 roots(0::tip)
 author(lmoscovicz)
 author(lmoscovicz) or author(mpm)
+max(tip:0)
+min(0:tip)
+min(0::)
diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ def maxrev(repo, subset, x):
     """
     os = getset(repo, spanset(repo), x)
     if os:
-        m = max(os)
+        m = os.max()
         if m in subset:
             return baseset([m])
     return baseset([])
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ def minrev(repo, subset, x):
     """
     os = getset(repo, spanset(repo), x)
     if os:
-        m = min(os)
+        m = os.min()
         if m in subset:
             return baseset([m])
     return baseset([])