diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index aee73e793f..3df947c9c7 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds
+++ b/scripts/feeds
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ my %update_method = (
 	'src-git' => {
 		'init'          => "git clone --depth 1 '%s' '%s'",
 		'init_branch'   => "git clone --depth 1 --branch '%s' '%s' '%s'",
-		'init_commit'   => "git clone '%s' '%s' && cd '%s' && git checkout -b '%s' '%s' && cd -",
+		'init_commit'   => "git clone --depth 1 '%s' '%s' && cd '%s' && git fetch --depth=1 origin '%s' && git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout '%s' && cd -",
 		'update'	=> "git pull --ff-only",
 		'update_force'	=> "git pull --ff-only || (git reset --hard HEAD; git pull --ff-only; exit 1)",
 		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive",