diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 0b47846443..27777a1c1e 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "wt-status.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "rerere.h"
+#include "branch.h"
 
 static char const * const builtin_rebase_usage[] = {
 	N_("git rebase [-i] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>] "
@@ -1179,6 +1180,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		if (reset_head(NULL, "reset", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL) < 0)
 			die(_("could not discard worktree changes"));
+		remove_branch_state();
 		if (read_basic_state(&options))
 			exit(1);
 		goto run_rebase;
@@ -1196,6 +1198,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			       options.head_name, 0, NULL, NULL) < 0)
 			die(_("could not move back to %s"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&options.orig_head));
+		remove_branch_state();
 		ret = finish_rebase(&options);
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index f312ce123e..a54470bb9b 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -3184,10 +3184,6 @@ static int do_merge(struct commit *commit, const char *arg, int arg_len,
 	}
 
 	merge_commit = to_merge->item;
-	write_message(oid_to_hex(&merge_commit->object.oid), GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ,
-		      git_path_merge_head(the_repository), 0);
-	write_message("no-ff", 5, git_path_merge_mode(the_repository), 0);
-
 	bases = get_merge_bases(head_commit, merge_commit);
 	if (bases && !oidcmp(&merge_commit->object.oid,
 			     &bases->item->object.oid)) {
@@ -3196,6 +3192,10 @@ static int do_merge(struct commit *commit, const char *arg, int arg_len,
 		goto leave_merge;
 	}
 
+	write_message(oid_to_hex(&merge_commit->object.oid), GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ,
+		      git_path_merge_head(the_repository), 0);
+	write_message("no-ff", 5, git_path_merge_mode(the_repository), 0);
+
 	for (j = bases; j; j = j->next)
 		commit_list_insert(j->item, &reversed);
 	free_commit_list(bases);
@@ -3434,6 +3434,7 @@ static int pick_commits(struct todo_list *todo_list, struct replay_opts *opts)
 			unlink(rebase_path_author_script());
 			unlink(rebase_path_stopped_sha());
 			unlink(rebase_path_amend());
+			unlink(git_path_merge_head(the_repository));
 			delete_ref(NULL, "REBASE_HEAD", NULL, REF_NO_DEREF);
 		}
 		if (item->command <= TODO_SQUASH) {
@@ -3790,6 +3791,7 @@ static int commit_staged_changes(struct replay_opts *opts,
 			   opts, flags))
 		return error(_("could not commit staged changes."));
 	unlink(rebase_path_amend());
+	unlink(git_path_merge_head(the_repository));
 	if (final_fixup) {
 		unlink(rebase_path_fixup_msg());
 		unlink(rebase_path_squash_msg());
diff --git a/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh b/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
index aa7bfc88ec..cc5646836f 100755
--- a/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
@@ -396,4 +396,20 @@ test_expect_success 'with --autosquash and --exec' '
 	grep "G: +G" actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--continue after resolving conflicts after a merge' '
+	git checkout -b already-has-g E &&
+	git cherry-pick E..G &&
+	test_commit H2 &&
+
+	git checkout -b conflicts-in-merge H &&
+	test_commit H2 H2.t conflicts H2-conflict &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase -r already-has-g &&
+	grep conflicts H2.t &&
+	echo resolved >H2.t &&
+	git add -u &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify HEAD^2 &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/MERGE_HEAD
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 5ffab61015..30b81576a3 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1553,6 +1553,7 @@ void wt_status_get_state(struct wt_status_state *state,
 	struct object_id oid;
 
 	if (!stat(git_path_merge_head(the_repository), &st)) {
+		wt_status_check_rebase(NULL, state);
 		state->merge_in_progress = 1;
 	} else if (wt_status_check_rebase(NULL, state)) {
 		;		/* all set */
@@ -1576,9 +1577,13 @@ static void wt_longstatus_print_state(struct wt_status *s,
 				      struct wt_status_state *state)
 {
 	const char *state_color = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
-	if (state->merge_in_progress)
+	if (state->merge_in_progress) {
+		if (state->rebase_interactive_in_progress) {
+			show_rebase_information(s, state, state_color);
+			fputs("\n", s->fp);
+		}
 		show_merge_in_progress(s, state, state_color);
-	else if (state->am_in_progress)
+	} else if (state->am_in_progress)
 		show_am_in_progress(s, state, state_color);
 	else if (state->rebase_in_progress || state->rebase_interactive_in_progress)
 		show_rebase_in_progress(s, state, state_color);