diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 76d2edd144d..f493fc4d0d7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -2782,31 +2782,35 @@ GitClient::CommandInProgress GitClient::checkCommandInProgress(const QString &wo
         return NoCommand;
 }
 
-void GitClient::continueCommandIfNeeded(const QString &workingDirectory)
+void GitClient::continueCommandIfNeeded(const QString &workingDirectory, bool allowContinue)
 {
     CommandInProgress command = checkCommandInProgress(workingDirectory);
+    ContinueCommandMode continueMode;
+    if (allowContinue)
+        continueMode = command == RebaseMerge ? ContinueOnly : SkipIfNoChanges;
+    else
+        continueMode = SkipOnly;
     switch (command) {
     case Rebase:
     case RebaseMerge:
         continuePreviousGitCommand(workingDirectory, tr("Continue Rebase"),
                                    tr("Rebase is in progress. What do you want to do?"),
-                                   tr("Continue"), QLatin1String("rebase"),
-                                   command != RebaseMerge);
+                                   tr("Continue"), QLatin1String("rebase"), continueMode);
         break;
     case Merge:
         continuePreviousGitCommand(workingDirectory, tr("Continue Merge"),
                 tr("You need to commit changes to finish merge.\nCommit now?"),
-                tr("Commit"), QLatin1String("merge"));
+                tr("Commit"), QLatin1String("merge"), continueMode);
         break;
     case Revert:
         continuePreviousGitCommand(workingDirectory, tr("Continue Revert"),
                 tr("You need to commit changes to finish revert.\nCommit now?"),
-                tr("Commit"), QLatin1String("revert"));
+                tr("Commit"), QLatin1String("revert"), continueMode);
         break;
     case CherryPick:
         continuePreviousGitCommand(workingDirectory, tr("Continue Cherry-Picking"),
                 tr("You need to commit changes to finish cherry-picking.\nCommit now?"),
-                tr("Commit"), QLatin1String("cherry-pick"));
+                tr("Commit"), QLatin1String("cherry-pick"), continueMode);
         break;
     default:
         break;
@@ -2816,18 +2820,25 @@ void GitClient::continueCommandIfNeeded(const QString &workingDirectory)
 void GitClient::continuePreviousGitCommand(const QString &workingDirectory,
                                            const QString &msgBoxTitle, QString msgBoxText,
                                            const QString &buttonName, const QString &gitCommand,
-                                           bool requireChanges)
+                                           ContinueCommandMode continueMode)
 {
     bool isRebase = gitCommand == QLatin1String("rebase");
-    bool hasChanges;
-    if (!requireChanges) {
+    bool hasChanges = false;
+    switch (continueMode) {
+    case ContinueOnly:
         hasChanges = true;
-    } else {
+        break;
+    case SkipIfNoChanges:
         hasChanges = gitStatus(workingDirectory, StatusMode(NoUntracked | NoSubmodules))
             == GitClient::StatusChanged;
+        if (!hasChanges)
+            msgBoxText.prepend(tr("No changes found.") + QLatin1Char(' '));
+        break;
+    case SkipOnly:
+        hasChanges = false;
+        break;
     }
-    if (!hasChanges)
-        msgBoxText.prepend(tr("No changes found.") + QLatin1Char(' '));
+
     QMessageBox msgBox(QMessageBox::Question, msgBoxTitle, msgBoxText,
                        QMessageBox::NoButton, Core::ICore::mainWindow());
     if (hasChanges || isRebase)
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index b5dd5fd4744..c7d5c0c2f44 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -305,9 +305,7 @@ public:
     CommandInProgress checkCommandInProgress(const QString &workingDirectory);
     QString commandInProgressDescription(const QString &workingDirectory);
 
-    void continueCommandIfNeeded(const QString &workingDirectory);
-    void continuePreviousGitCommand(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &msgBoxTitle, QString msgBoxText,
-                                    const QString &buttonName, const QString &gitCommand, bool requireChanges = true);
+    void continueCommandIfNeeded(const QString &workingDirectory, bool allowContinue = true);
 
     QString extendedShowDescription(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &text);
 
@@ -405,6 +403,16 @@ private:
                          const QString &gitBinDirectory);
     bool cleanList(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &flag, QStringList *files, QString *errorMessage);
 
+    enum ContinueCommandMode {
+        ContinueOnly,
+        SkipOnly,
+        SkipIfNoChanges
+    };
+
+    void continuePreviousGitCommand(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &msgBoxTitle,
+                                    QString msgBoxText, const QString &buttonName,
+                                    const QString &gitCommand, ContinueCommandMode continueMode);
+
     mutable QString m_gitVersionForBinary;
     mutable unsigned m_cachedGitVersion;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp b/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
index a3263b0440d..df45d210090 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ void MergeTool::done()
     int exitCode = m_process->exitCode();
     if (!exitCode) {
         outputWindow->appendMessage(tr("Merge tool process finished successfully."));
-        m_gitClient->continueCommandIfNeeded(workingDirectory);
     } else {
         outputWindow->appendError(tr("Merge tool process terminated with exit code %1")
                                   .arg(exitCode));
     }
+    m_gitClient->continueCommandIfNeeded(workingDirectory, exitCode == 0);
     GitPlugin::instance()->gitVersionControl()->emitRepositoryChanged(workingDirectory);
     deleteLater();
 }