diff --git a/src/workflow/ArcanistBaseWorkflow.php b/src/workflow/ArcanistBaseWorkflow.php
index 421e2506..6cf14902 100644
--- a/src/workflow/ArcanistBaseWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/workflow/ArcanistBaseWorkflow.php
@@ -871,10 +871,11 @@ abstract class ArcanistBaseWorkflow extends Phobject {
     if (!$commits) {
       return false;
     }
-    $commit = reset($commits);
 
+    $commit = reset($commits);
     $message = ArcanistDifferentialCommitMessage::newFromRawCorpus(
       $commit['message']);
+
     if ($message->getGitSVNBaseRevision()) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -883,6 +884,10 @@ abstract class ArcanistBaseWorkflow extends Phobject {
       return false;
     }
 
+    if ($message->getRevisionID() && $this->getArgument('create')) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     // TODO: Check commits since tracking branch. If empty then return false.
 
     $repository = $this->loadProjectRepository();