diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index f7deeb096e..0008057252 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ mark_action_done () {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Put the last action marked done at the beginning of the todo list
+# again. If there has not been an action marked done yet, leave the list of
+# items on the todo list unchanged.
+reschedule_last_action () {
+	tail -n 1 "$done" | cat - "$todo" >"$todo".new
+	sed -e \$d <"$done" >"$done".new
+	mv -f "$todo".new "$todo"
+	mv -f "$done".new "$done"
+}
+
 append_todo_help () {
 	git stripspace --comment-lines >>"$todo" <<\EOF
 
@@ -252,6 +262,12 @@ pick_one () {
 	output eval git cherry-pick \
 			${gpg_sign_opt:+$(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$gpg_sign_opt")} \
 			"$strategy_args" $empty_args $ff "$@"
+
+	# If cherry-pick dies it leaves the to-be-picked commit unrecorded. Reschedule
+	# previous task so this commit is not lost.
+	ret=$?
+	case "$ret" in [01]) ;; *) reschedule_last_action ;; esac
+	return $ret
 }
 
 pick_one_preserving_merges () {
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 034eb35cdf..96be93c624 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -1055,4 +1055,51 @@ test_expect_success 'todo count' '
 	grep "^# Rebase ..* onto ..* ([0-9]" actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase -i commits that overwrite untracked files (pick)' '
+	git checkout --force branch2 &&
+	git clean -f &&
+	set_fake_editor &&
+	FAKE_LINES="edit 1 2" git rebase -i A &&
+	test_cmp_rev HEAD F &&
+	test_path_is_missing file6 &&
+	>file6 &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+	test_cmp_rev HEAD F &&
+	rm file6 &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	test_cmp_rev HEAD I
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rebase -i commits that overwrite untracked files (squash)' '
+	git checkout --force branch2 &&
+	git clean -f &&
+	git tag original-branch2 &&
+	set_fake_editor &&
+	FAKE_LINES="edit 1 squash 2" git rebase -i A &&
+	test_cmp_rev HEAD F &&
+	test_path_is_missing file6 &&
+	>file6 &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+	test_cmp_rev HEAD F &&
+	rm file6 &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	test $(git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -ne \$p) = I &&
+	git reset --hard original-branch2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rebase -i commits that overwrite untracked files (no ff)' '
+	git checkout --force branch2 &&
+	git clean -f &&
+	set_fake_editor &&
+	FAKE_LINES="edit 1 2" git rebase -i --no-ff A &&
+	test $(git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -ne \$p) = F &&
+	test_path_is_missing file6 &&
+	>file6 &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+	test $(git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -ne \$p) = F &&
+	rm file6 &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	test $(git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -ne \$p) = I
+'
+
 test_done