diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f9e1f1cb..0970bfdc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ v0.22 + 1
 * `git_config_get_string_buf()` provides a way to safely retrieve a
   string from a non-snapshot configuration.
 
+* Reference renaming now uses the right id for the old value.
+
 ### API removals
 
 ### Breaking API changes
diff --git a/src/refdb_fs.c b/src/refdb_fs.c
index 77cb1a8ce..e1a77f3ff 100644
--- a/src/refdb_fs.c
+++ b/src/refdb_fs.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static int refdb_fs_backend__rename(
 	/* Try to rename the refog; it's ok if the old doesn't exist */
 	error = refdb_reflog_fs__rename(_backend, old_name, new_name);
 	if (((error == 0) || (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND)) &&
-	    ((error = reflog_append(backend, new, NULL, NULL, who, message)) < 0)) {
+	    ((error = reflog_append(backend, new, git_reference_target(new), NULL, who, message)) < 0)) {
 		git_reference_free(new);
 		git_filebuf_cleanup(&file);
 		return error;
diff --git a/tests/refs/branches/move.c b/tests/refs/branches/move.c
index fa0b2faca..bec39e18b 100644
--- a/tests/refs/branches/move.c
+++ b/tests/refs/branches/move.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ void test_refs_branches_move__default_reflog_message(void)
 	const git_reflog_entry *entry;
 	git_signature *sig;
 	git_config *cfg;
+	git_oid id;
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_config(&cfg, repo));
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_string(cfg, "user.name", "Foo Bar"));
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ void test_refs_branches_move__default_reflog_message(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_signature_default(&sig, repo));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_reference_lookup(&branch, repo, "refs/heads/master"));
+	git_oid_cpy(&id, git_reference_target(branch));
 	cl_git_pass(git_branch_move(&new_branch, branch, "master2", 0));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_reflog_read(&log, repo, git_reference_name(new_branch)));
@@ -219,6 +221,8 @@ void test_refs_branches_move__default_reflog_message(void)
 	cl_assert_equal_s("branch: renamed refs/heads/master to refs/heads/master2",
 			git_reflog_entry_message(entry));
 	cl_assert_equal_s(sig->email, git_reflog_entry_committer(entry)->email);
+	cl_assert_equal_oid(&id, git_reflog_entry_id_old(entry));
+	cl_assert_equal_oid(&id, git_reflog_entry_id_new(entry));
 
 	git_reference_free(branch);
 	git_reference_free(new_branch);