diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index d362de736..a6f5061c3 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1741,7 +1741,11 @@ sub fetch_all {
 	my $ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($url);
 	my $uuid = $ra->get_uuid;
 	my $head = $ra->get_latest_revnum;
-	$ra->get_log("", $head, 0, 1, 0, 1, sub { $head = $_[1] });
+
+	# ignore errors, $head revision may not even exist anymore
+	eval { $ra->get_log("", $head, 0, 1, 0, 1, sub { $head = $_[1] }) };
+	warn "W: $@\n" if $@;
+
 	my $base = defined $fetch ? $head : 0;
 
 	# read the max revs for wildcard expansion (branches/*, tags/*)