diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -6797,7 +6797,6 @@
         end = b'\0'
     else:
         end = b'\n'
-    copy = {}
     states = b'modified added removed deleted unknown ignored clean'.split()
     show = [k for k in states if opts.get(k)]
     if opts.get(b'all'):
@@ -6836,6 +6835,7 @@
 
     changestates = zip(states, pycompat.iterbytestr(b'MAR!?IC'), stat)
 
+    copy = {}
     if (
         opts.get(b'all')
         or opts.get(b'copies')