diff -r ade5c488d622 -r d157e1f18e3f mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py	Sun Sep 20 19:27:53 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py	Sun Sep 20 16:53:42 2015 -0700
@@ -3225,7 +3225,12 @@
         return lambda: self._iterfilter(it())
 
     def __nonzero__(self):
-        for r in self:
+        it = self
+        fast = self.fastasc or self.fastdesc
+        if fast:
+            it = fast()
+
+        for r in it:
             return True
         return False