diff --git a/graph.c b/graph.c
index 31e09eb2c7..b7879f8c66 100644
--- a/graph.c
+++ b/graph.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 			graph_output_commit_char(graph, sb);
 			chars_written++;
 
-			if (graph->num_parents > 3)
+			if (graph->num_parents > 2)
 				chars_written += graph_draw_octopus_merge(graph,
 									  sb);
 		} else if (seen_this && (graph->num_parents > 2)) {
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index 46bd24f502..67f983fea4 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ cat > expect <<\EOF
 * initial
 EOF
 
-test_expect_failure 'log --graph with merge' '
+test_expect_sucess 'log --graph with merge' '
 	git log --graph --date-order --pretty=tformat:%s |
 		sed "s/ *$//" >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual