diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1045,14 +1045,14 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
     def undelete(self, list):
         wlock = None
         try:
-            p = self.dirstate.parents()[0]
-            mn = self.changelog.read(p)[0]
-            m = self.manifest.read(mn)
+            manifests = [self.manifest.read(self.changelog.read(p)[0])
+                         for p in self.dirstate.parents() if p != nullid]
             wlock = self.wlock()
             for f in list:
                 if self.dirstate[f] != 'r':
                     self.ui.warn("%s not removed!\n" % f)
                 else:
+                    m = f in manifests[0] and manifests[0] or manifests[1]
                     t = self.file(f).read(m[f])
                     self.wwrite(f, t, m.flags(f))
                     self.dirstate.normal(f)