diff -r 5c57d01fe64e -r 70ac5f724fbd mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Sep 29 01:03:26 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Oct 05 21:31:32 2015 -0700
@@ -5185,8 +5185,12 @@
     if modheads == 0:
         return
     if optupdate:
-        checkout, movemarkfrom = bookmarks.calculateupdate(ui, repo, checkout)
         try:
+            brev = checkout
+            movemarkfrom = None
+            if not checkout:
+                updata =  destutil.destupdate(repo)
+                checkout, movemarkfrom, brev = updata
             ret = hg.update(repo, checkout)
         except error.Abort as inst:
             ui.warn(_("not updating: %s\n") % str(inst))