diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index ee1df7030c..710a89da28 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ static int merge_abort(struct notes_merge_options *o)
 static int merge_commit(struct notes_merge_options *o)
 {
 	struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
-	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	unsigned char sha1[20], parent_sha1[20];
 	struct notes_tree *t;
 	struct commit *partial;
 	struct pretty_print_context pretty_ctx;
@@ -803,6 +803,11 @@ static int merge_commit(struct notes_merge_options *o)
 	else if (parse_commit(partial))
 		die("Could not parse commit from NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL.");
 
+	if (partial->parents)
+		hashcpy(parent_sha1, partial->parents->item->object.sha1);
+	else
+		hashclr(parent_sha1);
+
 	t = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct notes_tree));
 	init_notes(t, "NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL", combine_notes_overwrite, 0);
 
@@ -818,7 +823,9 @@ static int merge_commit(struct notes_merge_options *o)
 	format_commit_message(partial, "%s", &msg, &pretty_ctx);
 	strbuf_trim(&msg);
 	strbuf_insert(&msg, 0, "notes: ", 7);
-	update_ref(msg.buf, o->local_ref, sha1, NULL, 0, DIE_ON_ERR);
+	update_ref(msg.buf, o->local_ref, sha1,
+		   is_null_sha1(parent_sha1) ? NULL : parent_sha1,
+		   0, DIE_ON_ERR);
 
 	free_notes(t);
 	strbuf_release(&msg);
diff --git a/t/t3310-notes-merge-manual-resolve.sh b/t/t3310-notes-merge-manual-resolve.sh
index 287fab82d7..4ec4d11450 100755
--- a/t/t3310-notes-merge-manual-resolve.sh
+++ b/t/t3310-notes-merge-manual-resolve.sh
@@ -477,4 +477,80 @@ EOF
 	verify_notes z
 '
 
+cp expect_notes_y expect_notes_m
+cp expect_log_y expect_log_m
+
+test_expect_success 'redo merge of z into m (== y) with default ("manual") resolver => Conflicting 3-way merge' '
+	git update-ref refs/notes/m refs/notes/y &&
+	test_must_fail git notes merge z >output &&
+	# Output should point to where to resolve conflicts
+	grep -q "\\.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE" output &&
+	# Inspect merge conflicts
+	ls .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE >output_conflicts &&
+	test_cmp expect_conflicts output_conflicts &&
+	( for f in $(cat expect_conflicts); do
+		test_cmp "expect_conflict_$f" ".git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE/$f" ||
+		exit 1
+	done ) &&
+	# Verify that current notes tree (pre-merge) has not changed (m == y)
+	verify_notes y &&
+	verify_notes m &&
+	test "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/m)" = "$(cat pre_merge_y)"
+'
+
+cp expect_notes_w expect_notes_m
+cp expect_log_w expect_log_m
+
+test_expect_success 'reset notes ref m to somewhere else (w)' '
+	git update-ref refs/notes/m refs/notes/w &&
+	verify_notes m &&
+	test "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/m)" = "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/w)"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fail to finalize conflicting merge if underlying ref has moved in the meantime (m != NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL^1)' '
+	# Resolve conflicts
+	cat >.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE/$commit_sha1 <<EOF &&
+y and z notes on 1st commit
+EOF
+	cat >.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE/$commit_sha4 <<EOF &&
+y and z notes on 4th commit
+EOF
+	# Fail to finalize merge
+	test_must_fail git notes merge --commit >output 2>&1 &&
+	# .git/NOTES_MERGE_* must remain
+	test -f .git/NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL &&
+	test -f .git/NOTES_MERGE_REF &&
+	test -f .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE/$commit_sha1 &&
+	test -f .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE/$commit_sha2 &&
+	test -f .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE/$commit_sha3 &&
+	test -f .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE/$commit_sha4 &&
+	# Refs are unchanged
+	test "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/m)" = "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/w)"
+	test "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/y)" = "$(git rev-parse NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL^1)"
+	test "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/m)" != "$(git rev-parse NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL^1)"
+	# Mention refs/notes/m, and its current and expected value in output
+	grep -q "refs/notes/m" output &&
+	grep -q "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/m)" output &&
+	grep -q "$(git rev-parse NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL^1)" output &&
+	# Verify that other notes refs has not changed (w, x, y and z)
+	verify_notes w &&
+	verify_notes x &&
+	verify_notes y &&
+	verify_notes z
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'resolve situation by aborting the notes merge' '
+	git notes merge --abort &&
+	# No .git/NOTES_MERGE_* files left
+	test_must_fail ls .git/NOTES_MERGE_* >output 2>/dev/null &&
+	test_cmp /dev/null output &&
+	# m has not moved (still == w)
+	test "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/m)" = "$(git rev-parse refs/notes/w)"
+	# Verify that other notes refs has not changed (w, x, y and z)
+	verify_notes w &&
+	verify_notes x &&
+	verify_notes y &&
+	verify_notes z
+'
+
 test_done