diff --git a/git-remote.perl b/git-remote.perl
index 8e2dc4de73..11630b1a8b 100755
--- a/git-remote.perl
+++ b/git-remote.perl
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ sub show_remote {
 	print "* remote $name\n";
 	print "  URL: $info->{'URL'}\n";
 	for my $branchname (sort keys %$branch) {
-		next if ($branch->{$branchname}{'REMOTE'} ne $name);
+		next unless (defined $branch->{$branchname}{'REMOTE'} &&
+			     $branch->{$branchname}{'REMOTE'} eq $name);
 		my @merged = map {
 			s|^refs/heads/||;
 			$_;