diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -5152,6 +5152,9 @@ def push(ui, repo, dest=None, **opts):
 
     if revs:
         revs = [repo.lookup(r) for r in scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)]
+        if not revs:
+            raise util.Abort(_("specified revisions evaluate to an empty set"),
+                             hint=_("use different revision arguments"))
 
     repo._subtoppath = dest
     try:
diff --git a/tests/test-push-warn.t b/tests/test-push-warn.t
--- a/tests/test-push-warn.t
+++ b/tests/test-push-warn.t
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
   $ hg add t3
   $ hg commit -m "3"
 
+Specifying a revset that evaluates to null will abort
+
+  $ hg push -r '0 & 1' ../a
+  pushing to ../a
+  abort: specified revisions evaluate to an empty set
+  (use different revision arguments)
+  [255]
+
   $ hg push ../a
   pushing to ../a
   searching for changes