diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -4716,6 +4716,9 @@
         raise error.Abort(
             _(b'FILE arguments are not compatible with --line-range option')
         )
+    copies = opts.get(b'copies')
+    if linerange and copies:
+        raise error.Abort(_(b'--line-range is incompatible with --copies'))
 
     repo = scmutil.unhidehashlikerevs(repo, opts.get(b'rev'), b'nowarn')
     revs, differ = logcmdutil.getrevs(repo, pats, opts)
@@ -4725,7 +4728,7 @@
         revs, differ = logcmdutil.getlinerangerevs(repo, revs, opts)
 
     getcopies = None
-    if opts.get(b'copies'):
+    if copies:
         endrev = None
         if revs:
             endrev = revs.max() + 1