diff -r c3dcec6cbc1b -r 35a69efbf190 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Apr 21 01:13:18 2017 +0530
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Wed May 03 09:09:44 2017 -0700
@@ -837,8 +837,6 @@
     elif extra or good + bad + skip + reset + extend + bool(command) > 1:
         raise error.Abort(_('incompatible arguments'))
 
-    cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
-
     if reset:
         hbisect.resetstate(repo)
         return
@@ -865,6 +863,7 @@
         """common used update sequence"""
         if noupdate:
             return
+        cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
         cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
         return hg.clean(repo, node, show_stats=show_stats)