diff --git a/hotfix.rb b/hotfix.rb
index 2249ff9..4a5fcc6 100755
--- a/hotfix.rb
+++ b/hotfix.rb
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@
 
    if ARGV[1]
       hotfix = BRANCH_PREFIX + ARGV[1]
-      # Checkout the branch to make sure we have it locally.
-      Git::run_safe("git checkout \"#{hotfix}\"")
-      Git::run_safe("git rebase --preserve-merges origin/#{hotfix}")
    else
       hotfix = Git::current_branch
    end
@@ -74,6 +71,10 @@
 
    description = Github::get_pull_request_description_from_api(hotfix, 'stable')
 
+   # Checkout the branch to make sure we have it locally.
+   Git::run_safe("git checkout \"#{hotfix}\"")
+   Git::run_safe("git rebase --preserve-merges origin/#{hotfix}")
+
    # Merge into stable
    Git::run_safe("git checkout stable")
    # pull the latest changes and rebase the unpushed commits if any.