diff -r 531dea16f4f7 -r d9539959167d mercurial/destutil.py
--- a/mercurial/destutil.py	Tue Apr 12 14:43:36 2016 +0000
+++ b/mercurial/destutil.py	Fri Apr 15 20:37:11 2016 +0900
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
             node = repo.revs('max(.::(%ln))', heads).first()
         if bookmarks.isactivewdirparent(repo):
             movemark = repo['.'].node()
+    elif currentbranch == 'default' and not wc.p1():
+        # "null" parent belongs to "default" branch, but it doesn't exist, so
+        # update to the tipmost non-closed branch head
+        node = repo.revs('max(head() and not closed())').first()
     else:
         node = repo['.'].node()
     return node, movemark, None