diff --git a/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh b/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
index 4ff630be2d..843323d9f0 100755
--- a/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if [[ "${ACTION}" == "upgrade" ]]; then
     export UPGRADE_TARGET_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
     # Now checkout the source SHA/branch
-    git checkout origin/${UPGRADE_SOURCE_BRANCH}
+    git checkout ${UPGRADE_SOURCE_BRANCH}
 fi
 
 # Get minimum disk size