diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index 53412dd91f..beb864b57e 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -873,7 +873,8 @@ def do_export(parser):
 
         if bmark == 'master' and 'master' not in parser.repo._bookmarks:
             # fake bookmark
-            pass
+            print "ok %s" % ref
+            continue
         elif bookmarks.pushbookmark(parser.repo, bmark, old, new):
             # updated locally
             pass