diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index e3fe4ba74..ae2281ee9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DiscardOldFileChanges(commits []*Commit, commitIndex int, f
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd, err := c.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(sha+"^", todo, true)
+	cmd, err := c.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(sha, todo, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index 941fe6646..03e84d204 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiscardOldFileChanges(t *testing.T) {
 			"test999.txt",
 			test.CreateMockCommand(t, []*test.CommandSwapper{
 				{
-					Expect:  "git rebase --interactive --autostash 123456^",
+					Expect:  "git rebase --interactive --autostash abcdef",
 					Replace: "echo",
 				},
 				{