diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 575b852a5a8f39..42313f8de6c17b 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -5054,6 +5054,7 @@ static int skip_unnecessary_picks(struct repository *r,
 		MOVE_ARRAY(todo_list->items, todo_list->items + i, todo_list->nr - i);
 		todo_list->nr -= i;
 		todo_list->current = 0;
+		todo_list->done_nr += i;
 
 		if (is_fixup(peek_command(todo_list, 0)))
 			record_in_rewritten(base_oid, peek_command(todo_list, 0));