diff --git a/Assistant/WebApp/Configurators/Edit.hs b/Assistant/WebApp/Configurators/Edit.hs
index 59824de79c..279fe02a4c 100644
--- a/Assistant/WebApp/Configurators/Edit.hs
+++ b/Assistant/WebApp/Configurators/Edit.hs
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ getUpgradeRepositoryR r = go =<< liftAnnex (repoIdRemote r)
 		liftAnnex $ setConfig 
 			(remoteConfig (Remote.repo rmt) "ignore")
 			(Git.Config.boolConfig False)
-		liftAssistant $ syncRemote rmt
 		liftAnnex $ void Remote.remoteListRefresh
+		liftAssistant updateSyncRemotes
+		liftAssistant $ syncRemote rmt
 		redirect DashboardR
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 026e468722..d3ef17dd1f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ git-annex (5.20140118) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     url every time before trying the right url. Needs annex-bare to be
     set to false, which is done when initially probing the uuid of a
     http remote.
+  * webapp: After upgrading a git repository to git-annex, fix
+    bug that made it temporarily not be synced with.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:54:17 -0400