diff --git a/mercurial/destutil.py b/mercurial/destutil.py
--- a/mercurial/destutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/destutil.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     error,
     obsutil,
     scmutil,
+    stack
 )
 
 def _destupdateobs(repo, clean):
@@ -355,9 +356,7 @@
     return None
 
 def stackbase(ui, repo):
-    # The histedit default base stops at public changesets, branchpoints,
-    # and merges, which is exactly what we want for a stack.
-    revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, [histeditdefaultrevset])
+    revs = stack.getstack(repo)
     return revs.last() if revs else None
 
 def _statusotherbook(ui, repo):