diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 55c4dfb968..d4cb538b93 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -912,7 +912,8 @@ sub cmd_info {
 	if ($@) {
 		$result .= "Repository Root: (offline)\n";
 	}
-	$result .= "Repository UUID: $uuid\n" unless $diff_status eq "A";
+	$result .= "Repository UUID: $uuid\n" unless $diff_status eq "A" &&
+		($SVN::Core::VERSION le '1.5.4' || $file_type ne "dir");
 	$result .= "Revision: " . ($diff_status eq "A" ? 0 : $rev) . "\n";
 
 	$result .= "Node Kind: " .