diff --git a/vcs-svn/fast_export.c b/vcs-svn/fast_export.c
index 3efde20a0c..19d7c34c25 100644
--- a/vcs-svn/fast_export.c
+++ b/vcs-svn/fast_export.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static int init_postimage(void)
 
 void fast_export_init(int fd)
 {
+	first_commit_done = 0;
 	if (buffer_fdinit(&report_buffer, fd))
 		die_errno("cannot read from file descriptor %d", fd);
 }