diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
index be382337191c1a50164f10c89a874e60bb403229..c9dcdd39f741dc45fbaffc8c8f7a2c992da651d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ void GitPlugin::startRebase()
 void GitPlugin::startChangeRelatedAction()
 {
     const VcsBase::VcsBasePluginState state = currentState();
-    const QString workingDirectory = state.currentDirectoryOrTopLevel();
+    const QString workingDirectory = state.topLevel();
     if (workingDirectory.isEmpty())
         return;