diff --git a/spec/remote.spec.js b/spec/remote.spec.js
index 718292e8..bee1acb6 100644
--- a/spec/remote.spec.js
+++ b/spec/remote.spec.js
@@ -367,5 +367,12 @@ describe('Git Remotes', function() {
 		);
 	});
 
+	it('pulls with rebase correctly in weird situation with no rebase to do', function() {
+		expectTreeAsync(
+			'git checkout -b side; git commit; git checkout master; git commit; git commit; git merge side; git commit; git clone; git checkout -b main master^^^; git rebase side; git rebase main master; git push;git pull --rebase',
+			'%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C6%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22remoteTrackingBranchID%22%3A%22o/master%22%7D%2C%22side%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C2%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22side%22%2C%22remoteTrackingBranchID%22%3A%22o/side%22%7D%2C%22o/master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C6%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22o/master%22%2C%22remoteTrackingBranchID%22%3Anull%7D%2C%22o/side%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C2%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22o/side%22%2C%22remoteTrackingBranchID%22%3Anull%7D%2C%22main%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C3%27%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22remoteTrackingBranchID%22%3Anull%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%2C%22C2%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C2%22%7D%2C%22C3%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C3%22%7D%2C%22C4%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C3%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C4%22%7D%2C%22C5%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C2%22%2C%22C4%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C5%22%7D%2C%22C6%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C5%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C6%22%7D%2C%22C3%27%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C2%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C3%27%22%7D%2C%22C4%27%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C3%27%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C4%27%22%7D%2C%22C6%27%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C4%27%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C6%27%22%7D%7D%2C%22tags%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%7D%2C%22originTree%22%3A%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C6%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22remoteTrackingBranchID%22%3Anull%7D%2C%22side%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C2%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22side%22%2C%22remoteTrackingBranchID%22%3Anull%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%2C%22C2%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C2%22%7D%2C%22C3%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C3%22%7D%2C%22C4%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C3%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C4%22%7D%2C%22C5%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C2%22%2C%22C4%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C5%22%7D%2C%22C6%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C5%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C6%22%7D%7D%2C%22tags%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%7D%7D%7D'
+		);
+	});
+
 });
 
diff --git a/src/js/git/index.js b/src/js/git/index.js
index d2be67d4..43a6468a 100644
--- a/src/js/git/index.js
+++ b/src/js/git/index.js
@@ -1351,7 +1351,24 @@ GitEngine.prototype.pullFinishWithRebase = function(
 
   chain = chain.then(_.bind(function() {
     pendingFetch.dontResolvePromise = true;
-    return this.rebase(remoteBranch, localBranch, pendingFetch);
+
+    try {
+      return this.rebase(remoteBranch, localBranch, pendingFetch);
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.filterError(err);
+      // we make one exception here to match the behavior of
+      // git pull --rebase. If the rebase is empty we just
+      // simply checkout the new location
+      if (err.getMsg() !== intl.str('git-error-rebase-none')) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+      this.setTargetLocation(
+        localBranch,
+        this.getCommitFromRef(remoteBranch)
+      );
+      this.checkout(localBranch);
+      return this.animationFactory.playRefreshAnimation(this.gitVisuals);
+    }
   }, this));
   chain = chain.fail(catchShortCircuit);