diff -r ff84cd2bdfaf -r 3195cf01dfb9 mercurial/revlog.py
--- a/mercurial/revlog.py	Fri Aug 20 00:17:50 2010 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py	Fri Aug 20 00:17:50 2010 +0200
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
 
     def revision(self, node):
         """return an uncompressed revision of a given node"""
-        cachedrev = nullrev
+        cachedrev = None
         if node == nullid:
             return ""
         if self._cache: