diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index c4f4b7d571..e286a6ec13 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -568,10 +568,8 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct commit *commit, struct replay_opts *opts)
 		 * information followed by "\n\n".
 		 */
 		p = strstr(msg.message, "\n\n");
-		if (p) {
-			p += 2;
-			strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, p);
-		}
+		if (p)
+			strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, skip_blank_lines(p + 2));
 
 		if (opts->record_origin) {
 			if (!has_conforming_footer(&msgbuf, NULL, 0))