diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 2ac78e15b8..508ec71792 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -6618,11 +6618,11 @@ static int add_decorations_to_list(const struct commit *commit,
 				   struct todo_add_branch_context *ctx)
 {
 	const struct name_decoration *decoration = get_name_decoration(&commit->object);
-	const char *head_ref = refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-						       "HEAD",
-						       RESOLVE_REF_READING,
-						       NULL,
-						       NULL);
+	char *head_ref = refs_resolve_refdup(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+					     "HEAD",
+					     RESOLVE_REF_READING,
+					     NULL,
+					     NULL);
 
 	while (decoration) {
 		struct todo_item *item;
@@ -6674,6 +6674,7 @@ static int add_decorations_to_list(const struct commit *commit,
 		decoration = decoration->next;
 	}
 
+	free(head_ref);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index accaaba4d4..0e7ef33eb1 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -483,7 +483,26 @@ test_expect_success 'git rebase --update-ref with core.commentChar and branch on
 	GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="cat >actual" git -c core.commentChar=% \
 		 rebase -i --update-refs base &&
 	test_grep "% Ref refs/heads/wt-topic checked out at" actual &&
-	test_grep "% Ref refs/heads/topic2 checked out at" actual
+	test_grep ! "Ref refs/heads/topic2" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git rebase --update-refs ignores current branch with branches on worktrees' '
+	test_when_finished git branch -D base current a-topic z-topic &&
+	test_when_finished git checkout main &&
+	test_when_finished git worktree remove z-topic &&
+	test_when_finished git worktree remove a-topic &&
+	git checkout -b base main &&
+	git checkout -b current &&
+	test_commit msg4 &&
+	git worktree add a-topic &&
+	git worktree add z-topic &&
+	git checkout base &&
+	test_commit msg5 &&
+	git checkout current &&
+	GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="cat >actual" git rebase -i --update-refs base &&
+	test_grep "# Ref refs/heads/a-topic checked out at" actual &&
+	test_grep "# Ref refs/heads/z-topic checked out at" actual &&
+	test_grep ! "refs/heads/current" actual
 '
 
 test_done