diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index f730b15a78..4a20582e72 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -2002,9 +2002,6 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				state_dir_path("autostash", &options);
 			struct child_process stash = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 			struct object_id oid;
-			struct commit *head =
-				lookup_commit_reference(the_repository,
-							&options.orig_head);
 
 			argv_array_pushl(&stash.args,
 					 "stash", "create", "autostash", NULL);
@@ -2025,17 +2022,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				    options.state_dir);
 			write_file(autostash, "%s", oid_to_hex(&oid));
 			printf(_("Created autostash: %s\n"), buf.buf);
-			if (reset_head(&head->object.oid, "reset --hard",
+			if (reset_head(NULL, "reset --hard",
 				       NULL, RESET_HEAD_HARD, NULL, NULL) < 0)
 				die(_("could not reset --hard"));
-			printf(_("HEAD is now at %s"),
-			       find_unique_abbrev(&head->object.oid,
-						  DEFAULT_ABBREV));
-			strbuf_reset(&buf);
-			pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, head, &buf);
-			if (buf.len > 0)
-				printf(" %s", buf.buf);
-			putchar('\n');
 
 			if (discard_index(the_repository->index) < 0 ||
 				repo_read_index(the_repository) < 0)
diff --git a/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh b/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh
index b8f4d03467..5f7e73cf83 100755
--- a/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh
+++ b/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 create_expected_success_am () {
 	cat >expected <<-EOF
 	$(grep "^Created autostash: [0-9a-f][0-9a-f]*\$" actual)
-	HEAD is now at $(git rev-parse --short feature-branch) third commit
 	First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
 	Applying: second commit
 	Applying: third commit
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ create_expected_success_am () {
 create_expected_success_interactive () {
 	q_to_cr >expected <<-EOF
 	$(grep "^Created autostash: [0-9a-f][0-9a-f]*\$" actual)
-	HEAD is now at $(git rev-parse --short feature-branch) third commit
 	Applied autostash.
 	Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/rebased-feature-branch.
 	EOF
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ create_expected_success_interactive () {
 create_expected_failure_am () {
 	cat >expected <<-EOF
 	$(grep "^Created autostash: [0-9a-f][0-9a-f]*\$" actual)
-	HEAD is now at $(git rev-parse --short feature-branch) third commit
 	First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
 	Applying: second commit
 	Applying: third commit
@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@ create_expected_failure_am () {
 create_expected_failure_interactive () {
 	cat >expected <<-EOF
 	$(grep "^Created autostash: [0-9a-f][0-9a-f]*\$" actual)
-	HEAD is now at $(git rev-parse --short feature-branch) third commit
 	Applying autostash resulted in conflicts.
 	Your changes are safe in the stash.
 	You can run "git stash pop" or "git stash drop" at any time.
@@ -306,4 +302,12 @@ test_expect_success 'branch is left alone when possible' '
 	test unchanged-branch = "$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'never change active branch' '
+	git checkout -b not-the-feature-branch unrelated-onto-branch &&
+	test_when_finished "git reset --hard && git checkout master" &&
+	echo changed >file0 &&
+	git rebase --autostash not-the-feature-branch feature-branch &&
+	test_cmp_rev not-the-feature-branch unrelated-onto-branch
+'
+
 test_done