diff -r c23c62209cc4 -r 9c78ed396075 hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py	Mon Oct 14 16:49:54 2013 +0200
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py	Mon Oct 14 16:12:29 2013 +0200
@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@
             # this should probably be cleaned up
             targetnode = repo[target].node()
 
+        # restore original working directory
+        # (we do this before stripping)
+        newwd = state.get(originalwd, originalwd)
+        if newwd not in [c.rev() for c in repo[None].parents()]:
+            ui.note(_("update back to initial working directory parent\n"))
+            hg.updaterepo(repo, newwd, False)
+
         if not keepf:
             collapsedas = None
             if collapsef: