diff --git a/pagure/lib/git.py b/pagure/lib/git.py
index 017c31a..fdf37df 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/git.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/git.py
@@ -863,16 +863,15 @@ def merge_pull_request(
         # Get the fork
         repopath = pagure.get_remote_repo_path(
             request.remote_git, request.branch_from)
-        # Get the original repo
-        parentpath = pagure.get_repo_path(request.project)
     else:
         # Get the fork
         repopath = pagure.get_repo_path(request.project_from)
-        # Get the original repo
-        parentpath = _get_parent_repo_path(repo_from)
 
     fork_obj = PagureRepo(repopath)
 
+    # Get the original repo
+    parentpath = pagure.get_repo_path(request.project)
+
     # Clone the original repo into a temp folder
     newpath = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='pagure-pr-merge')
     new_repo = pygit2.clone_repository(parentpath, newpath)