diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/hooks/PrePushHook.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/hooks/PrePushHook.java
index 2e6582819..a501fee90 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/hooks/PrePushHook.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/hooks/PrePushHook.java
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ public class PrePushHook extends GitHook<String> {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected String[] getParameters() {
+		if (remoteName == null) {
+			remoteName = remoteLocation;
+		}
 		return new String[] { remoteName, remoteLocation };
 	}