diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 914c707a90..e64e97b4de 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ sub cmd_branch {
 
 	my ($src, $rev, undef, $gs) = working_head_info($head);
 
-	my $remote = Git::SVN::read_all_remotes()->{svn};
+	my $remote = Git::SVN::read_all_remotes()->{$gs->{repo_id}};
 	my $glob = $remote->{ $_tag ? 'tags' : 'branches' };
 	my ($lft, $rgt) = @{ $glob->{path} }{qw/left right/};
 	my $dst = join '/', $remote->{url}, $lft, $branch_name, ($rgt || ());
diff --git a/t/t9128-git-svn-cmd-branch.sh b/t/t9128-git-svn-cmd-branch.sh
index 47c4d4d938..252daa7e1a 100755
--- a/t/t9128-git-svn-cmd-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t9128-git-svn-cmd-branch.sh
@@ -56,4 +56,23 @@ test_expect_success 'git svn branch tests' '
 	test_must_fail git svn tag tag1
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'branch uses correct svn-remote' '
+	(svn co "$svnrepo" svn &&
+	cd svn &&
+	mkdir mirror &&
+	svn add mirror &&
+	svn copy trunk mirror/ &&
+	svn copy tags mirror/ &&
+	svn copy branches mirror/ &&
+	svn ci -m "made mirror" ) &&
+	rm -rf svn &&
+	git svn init -s -R mirror --prefix=mirror/ "$svnrepo"/mirror &&
+	git svn fetch -R mirror &&
+	git checkout mirror/trunk &&
+	base=$(git rev-parse HEAD:) &&
+	git svn branch -m "branch in mirror" d &&
+	test $base = $(git rev-parse remotes/mirror/d:) &&
+	test_must_fail git rev-parse remotes/d
+'
+
 test_done