diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 1a26843f44..aceeca5a94 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -2998,7 +2998,7 @@ sub find_extra_svk_parents {
 	for my $ticket ( @tickets ) {
 		my ($uuid, $path, $rev) = split /:/, $ticket;
 		if ( $uuid eq $self->ra_uuid ) {
-			my $url = $self->rewrite_root || $self->{url};
+			my $url = $self->{url};
 			my $repos_root = $url;
 			my $branch_from = $path;
 			$branch_from =~ s{^/}{};
@@ -3206,7 +3206,7 @@ sub find_extra_svn_parents {
 	# are now marked as merge, we can add the tip as a parent.
 	my @merges = split "\n", $mergeinfo;
 	my @merge_tips;
-	my $url = $self->rewrite_root || $self->{url};
+	my $url = $self->{url};
 	my $uuid = $self->ra_uuid;
 	my %ranges;
 	for my $merge ( @merges ) {
diff --git a/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh b/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh
index 53581425c4..24c2421bfc 100755
--- a/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh
+++ b/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ test_expect_success 'load svk depot' "
 	svnadmin load -q '$rawsvnrepo' \
 	  < '$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9150/svk-merge.dump' &&
 	git svn init --minimize-url -R svkmerge \
+	  --rewrite-root=http://svn.example.org \
 	  -T trunk -b branches '$svnrepo' &&
 	git svn fetch --all
 	"
diff --git a/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh b/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh
index 16408244d2..250c651eae 100755
--- a/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh
+++ b/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ test_expect_success 'load svn dump' "
 	svnadmin load -q '$rawsvnrepo' \
 	  < '$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9151/svn-mergeinfo.dump' &&
 	git svn init --minimize-url -R svnmerge \
+	  --rewrite-root=http://svn.example.org \
 	  -T trunk -b branches '$svnrepo' &&
 	git svn fetch --all
 	"