diff -r 4cc3fb23881d -r d0f1d8b4de57 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sat May 30 12:46:30 2015 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Thu May 28 13:55:03 2015 -0700
@@ -5119,11 +5119,11 @@
         revs, checkout = hg.addbranchrevs(repo, other, branches,
                                           opts.get('rev'))
 
-        remotebookmarks = other.listkeys('bookmarks')
 
         if opts.get('bookmark'):
             if not revs:
                 revs = []
+            remotebookmarks = other.listkeys('bookmarks')
             for b in opts['bookmark']:
                 if b not in remotebookmarks:
                     raise util.Abort(_('remote bookmark %s not found!') % b)