--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py	Fri Sep 21 21:44:27 2018 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py	Tue Sep 18 15:15:24 2018 -0700
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@
         self._filecache = {}
         self.requirements = requirements
 
-        self.manifestlog = manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self)
+        rootmanifest = manifest.manifestrevlog(self.svfs)
+        self.manifestlog = manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self, rootmanifest)
         self.changelog = changelog.changelog(self.svfs)
         self._tags = None
         self.nodetagscache = None