diff --git a/lib/platform/git/storage.ts b/lib/platform/git/storage.ts
index 8e11ffa6b8c0cbcf57d30ae569ab446613626eb5..00bf651fb4b86f94b7e7298dc13cc1f5546cb3a8 100644
--- a/lib/platform/git/storage.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/git/storage.ts
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export class Storage {
       'ls-tree',
       '-r',
       '--name-only',
-      'origin/' + branch,
+      branch,
     ]);
     // istanbul ignore if
     if (!files) {