diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN.pm b/perl/Git/SVN.pm
index 0ebc68a..6bd18e9 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN.pm
@@ -1493,6 +1493,7 @@ sub lookup_svn_merge {
 	my @merged_commit_ranges;
 	# find the tip
 	for my $range ( @ranges ) {
+		$range =~ s/[*]$//;
 		my ($bottom, $top) = split "-", $range;
 		$top ||= $bottom;
 		my $bottom_commit = $gs->find_rev_after( $bottom, 1, $top );