diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 6ec9d3cb40..797571f50c 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ then
 	git rev-list $revisions |
 	while read rev
 	do
-		if test -f "$rewritten"/$rev -a "$(sane_grep "$rev" "$state_dir"/not-cherry-picks)" = ""
+		if test -f "$rewritten"/$rev && test "$(sane_grep "$rev" "$state_dir"/not-cherry-picks)" = ""
 		then
 			# Use -f2 because if rev-list is telling us this commit is
 			# not worthwhile, we don't want to track its multiple heads,