diff --git a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
--- a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def getremotechanges(ui, repo, other, on
                 os.unlink(bundlename)
         except OSError:
             pass
-        return other, [], other.close
+        return repo, [], other.close
 
     bundle = None
     bundlerepo = None
diff --git a/tests/test-transplant.t b/tests/test-transplant.t
--- a/tests/test-transplant.t
+++ b/tests/test-transplant.t
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ remote transplant with pull
   1  b1
   0  r1
 
+remote transplant without pull
+
+  $ hg pull -q http://localhost:$HGPORT/
+  $ hg transplant -s http://localhost:$HGPORT/ 2 4
+  searching for changes
+  skipping already applied revision 2:8d9279348abb
+  applying 722f4667af76
+  722f4667af76 transplanted to 76e321915884
+
 transplant --continue
 
   $ hg init ../tc