diff --git a/hggit/gitrepo.py b/hggit/gitrepo.py
index 1ae6351c20..b6505fa274 100644
--- a/hggit/gitrepo.py
+++ b/hggit/gitrepo.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ except ImportError:
 try:
     from mercurial.peer import peerrepository
 except ImportError:
-    from mercurial.repo import Repository as peerrepository
+    from mercurial.repo import repository as peerrepository
 
 from git_handler import GitHandler