diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -2233,6 +2233,8 @@
             raise error.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
         cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
         cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
+        # the node from where we started the graft operation
+        statedata['startnode'] = repo['.'].node()
         revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)
 
     skipped = set()