diff -r 9524938c8ff8 -r e811b93f2cb1 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Mar 03 23:11:17 2014 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Mar 03 23:21:24 2014 +0900
@@ -5168,7 +5168,6 @@
         s.serve_forever()
 
     if opts["cmdserver"]:
-        checkrepo()
         s = commandserver.server(ui, repo, opts["cmdserver"])
         return s.serve()