diff --git a/mercurial/shelve.py b/mercurial/shelve.py
--- a/mercurial/shelve.py
+++ b/mercurial/shelve.py
@@ -1001,11 +1001,10 @@
         with ui.configoverride(overrides, 'unshelve'):
             mergefiles(ui, repo, pctx, shelvectx)
         restorebranch(ui, repo, branchtorestore)
+        shelvedstate.clear(repo)
+        _finishunshelve(repo, oldtiprev, tr, activebookmark)
         if not ispartialunshelve:
             _forgetunknownfiles(repo, shelvectx, addedbefore)
-
-            shelvedstate.clear(repo)
-            _finishunshelve(repo, oldtiprev, tr, activebookmark)
             unshelvecleanup(ui, repo, basename, opts)
     finally:
         if tr:
diff --git a/tests/test-shelve.t b/tests/test-shelve.t
--- a/tests/test-shelve.t
+++ b/tests/test-shelve.t
@@ -1239,6 +1239,7 @@
   > y
   > EOF
   unshelving change 'default'
+  temporarily committing pending changes (restore with 'hg unshelve --abort')
   rebasing shelved changes
   diff --git a/d b/d
   new file mode 100644