diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index d26ede83c4..a4d85f1fbd 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -6203,8 +6203,6 @@ int todo_list_rearrange_squash(struct todo_list *todo_list)
 			return error(_("the script was already rearranged."));
 		}
 
-		*commit_todo_item_at(&commit_todo, item->commit) = item;
-
 		parse_commit(item->commit);
 		commit_buffer = logmsg_reencode(item->commit, NULL, "UTF-8");
 		find_commit_subject(commit_buffer, &subject);
@@ -6271,6 +6269,8 @@ int todo_list_rearrange_squash(struct todo_list *todo_list)
 					strhash(entry->subject));
 			hashmap_put(&subject2item, &entry->entry);
 		}
+
+		*commit_todo_item_at(&commit_todo, item->commit) = item;
 	}
 
 	if (rearranged) {
diff --git a/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh b/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
index 78c27496d6..a364530d76 100755
--- a/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
+++ b/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
@@ -232,6 +232,19 @@ test_expect_success 'auto squash that matches longer sha1' '
 	test_line_count = 1 actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'auto squash of fixup commit that matches branch name which points back to fixup commit' '
+	git reset --hard base &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m "fixup! self-cycle" &&
+	git branch self-cycle &&
+	GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="cat >tmp" git rebase --autosquash -i HEAD^^ &&
+	sed -ne "/^[^#]/{s/[0-9a-f]\{7,\}/HASH/g;p;}" tmp >actual &&
+	cat <<-EOF >expect &&
+	pick HASH second commit
+	pick HASH fixup! self-cycle # empty
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_auto_commit_flags () {
 	git reset --hard base &&
 	echo 1 >file1 &&