diff --git a/download b/download
index 9b68703ebe57..4b8c2426d46c 100755
--- a/download
+++ b/download
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ if [ -d .git ] ; then
     else
         # space-saving clone from another local workdir
         mkdir clone
+        branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | cut -d"/" -f 3)
         for i in $GIT_REPO_NAMES ; do
-            bin/git-new-workdir $GIT_LINK_SRC/$i clone/$i
+            bin/git-new-workdir $GIT_LINK_SRC/$i clone/$i $branch
             for d in clone/$i/* ; do
                 if [ "${d}" != "clone/$i/git-hooks" ]; then
                     ln -sfn ${d} $(basename ${d})