diff --git a/netlify/netlify-plugin-branch-sync/index.js b/netlify/netlify-plugin-branch-sync/index.js
index 5f3948142..09bb238d1 100644
--- a/netlify/netlify-plugin-branch-sync/index.js
+++ b/netlify/netlify-plugin-branch-sync/index.js
@@ -98,19 +98,7 @@ export const onPreBuild = async function ({ utils }) {
         }
       }
 
-      if (existsSync(CLONE_DIR)) {
-        // Fetch if already cloned.
-        logger.debug(`Fetching from origin`)
-
-        await run("git", [
-          "-C",
-          CLONE_DIR,
-          "fetch",
-          "--no-tags",
-          "origin",
-          SYNC_SOURCE,
-        ])
-      } else {
+      if (!existsSync(CLONE_DIR)) {
         // Clone if there is no clone.
         const token = process.env.BITBUCKET_ACCESS_TOKEN ?? ""
         const cloneURL = `https://x-token-auth:${token}@bitbucket.org/scandic-swap/web.git`
@@ -118,16 +106,14 @@ export const onPreBuild = async function ({ utils }) {
         logger.debug(`Cloning from ${cloneURL.replace(token, "****")}`)
         logger.debug(`Cloning to ${CLONE_DIR}`)
 
-        await run("git", [
-          "clone",
-          "--bare",
-          "--branch",
-          SYNC_SOURCE,
-          cloneURL,
-          CLONE_DIR,
-        ])
+        await run("git", ["clone", "--bare", "--branch", SYNC_SOURCE, cloneURL, CLONE_DIR])
       }
 
+      // Always fetch to ensure FETCH_HEAD is available
+      logger.debug(`Fetching from origin`)
+
+      await run("git", ["-C", CLONE_DIR, "fetch", "--no-tags", "origin", SYNC_SOURCE])
+
       logger.debug(`Attempting to sync: ${SYNC_DEST.join(", ")}`)
 
       for (let i = 0; i < SYNC_DEST.length; ++i) {