diff --git a/mercurial/revlog.py b/mercurial/revlog.py
--- a/mercurial/revlog.py
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py
@@ -884,10 +884,8 @@
             if rev == wdirrev:
                 raise error.WdirUnsupported
             raise
-        if entry[5] == nullrev:
-            return entry[6], entry[5]
-        else:
-            return entry[5], entry[6]
+
+        return entry[5], entry[6]
 
     # fast parentrevs(rev) where rev isn't filtered
     _uncheckedparentrevs = parentrevs
@@ -908,11 +906,7 @@
     def parents(self, node):
         i = self.index
         d = i[self.rev(node)]
-        # inline node() to avoid function call overhead
-        if d[5] == nullid:
-            return i[d[6]][7], i[d[5]][7]
-        else:
-            return i[d[5]][7], i[d[6]][7]
+        return i[d[5]][7], i[d[6]][7]  # map revisions to nodes inline
 
     def chainlen(self, rev):
         return self._chaininfo(rev)[0]
diff --git a/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t b/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
--- a/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
+++ b/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
   
 
   $ hg log -T '{if(ellipsis,"...")}{node|short} {p1node|short} {p2node|short} {desc}\n' | sort
-  ...2a20009de83e 3ac1f5779de3 000000000000 outside 10
+  ...2a20009de83e 000000000000 3ac1f5779de3 outside 10
   ...3ac1f5779de3 bb96a08b062a 465567bdfb2d merge a/b/c/d 9
   ...8d874d57adea 7ef88b4dd4fa 000000000000 outside 12
   ...b844052e7b3b 000000000000 000000000000 outside 2c