diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -3247,15 +3247,18 @@ def _performrevert(repo, parents, ctx, a
         diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(repo.ui, whitespace=True)
         diffopts.nodates = True
         diffopts.git = True
-        reversehunks = repo.ui.configbool('experimental',
-                                          'revertalternateinteractivemode',
-                                          True)
+        operation = 'discard'
+        reversehunks = True
+        if node != parent:
+            operation = 'revert'
+            reversehunks = repo.ui.configbool('experimental',
+                                              'revertalternateinteractivemode',
+                                              True)
         if reversehunks:
             diff = patch.diff(repo, ctx.node(), None, m, opts=diffopts)
         else:
             diff = patch.diff(repo, None, ctx.node(), m, opts=diffopts)
         originalchunks = patch.parsepatch(diff)
-        operation = 'discard' if node == parent else 'revert'
 
         try:
 
diff --git a/tests/test-revert-interactive.t b/tests/test-revert-interactive.t
--- a/tests/test-revert-interactive.t
+++ b/tests/test-revert-interactive.t
@@ -380,29 +380,29 @@ Check the experimental config to invert 
   3 hunks, 3 lines changed
   examine changes to 'folder1/g'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
   
-  @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-  -firstline
+  @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+  +firstline
    c
    1
    2
    3
   discard change 1/3 to 'folder1/g'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
   
-  @@ -2,7 +1,7 @@
+  @@ -1,7 +2,7 @@
    c
    1
    2
    3
-  - 3
-  +4
+  -4
+  + 3
    5
    d
   discard change 2/3 to 'folder1/g'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
   
-  @@ -7,3 +6,2 @@
+  @@ -6,2 +7,3 @@
    5
    d
-  -lastline
+  +lastline
   discard change 3/3 to 'folder1/g'? [Ynesfdaq?] n
   
   $ hg diff --nodates