diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index f6b7b84048..c98c0fc32e 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ esac
 if test -z "$orig_head"
 then
 	git update-ref -m "initial pull" HEAD $merge_head "$curr_head" &&
-	git read-tree --reset -u HEAD || exit 1
+	git read-tree -m -u HEAD || exit 1
 	exit
 fi
 
diff --git a/t/t5520-pull.sh b/t/t5520-pull.sh
index 0470a81be0..0e5eb678ce 100755
--- a/t/t5520-pull.sh
+++ b/t/t5520-pull.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ test_expect_success 'pulling into void using master:master' '
 	test_cmp file cloned-uho/file
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'pulling into void does not overwrite untracked files' '
+	git init cloned-untracked &&
+	(
+		cd cloned-untracked &&
+		echo untracked >file &&
+		test_must_fail git pull .. master &&
+		echo untracked >expect &&
+		test_cmp expect file
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'test . as a remote' '
 
 	git branch copy master &&