diff --git a/hgext/rebase.py b/hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@
                         repo,
                         rev,
                         p1,
+                        p2,
                         base,
                         self.collapsef,
                         dest,
@@ -641,10 +642,6 @@
                 newnode = self._concludenode(rev, p1, p2, editor)
             else:
                 # Skip commit if we are collapsing
-                if self.inmemory:
-                    self.wctx.setbase(repo[p1])
-                else:
-                    repo.setparents(repo[p1].node())
                 newnode = None
             # Update the state
             if newnode is not None:
@@ -1466,7 +1463,7 @@
         return newnode
 
 
-def rebasenode(repo, rev, p1, base, collapse, dest, wctx):
+def rebasenode(repo, rev, p1, p2, base, collapse, dest, wctx):
     """Rebase a single revision rev on top of p1 using base as merge ancestor"""
     # Merge phase
     # Update to destination and merge it with local
@@ -1500,6 +1497,7 @@
         labels=[b'dest', b'source'],
         wc=wctx,
     )
+    wctx.setparents(p1ctx.node(), repo[p2].node())
     if collapse:
         copies.graftcopies(wctx, ctx, repo[dest])
     else:
diff --git a/relnotes/next b/relnotes/next
--- a/relnotes/next
+++ b/relnotes/next
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 == Backwards Compatibility Changes ==
 
+ * When `hg rebase` pauses for merge conflict resolution, the working copy will
+   no longer have the rebased node as a second parent.
 
 == Internal API Changes ==
 
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-abort.t b/tests/test-rebase-abort.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-abort.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-abort.t
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
   [1]
 
   $ hg tglog
-  @  4:draft 'C1'
+  o  4:draft 'C1'
   |
   o  3:draft 'B bis'
   |
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-collapse.t b/tests/test-rebase-collapse.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-collapse.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-collapse.t
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@
   |
   | @  2: 82b8abf9c185 'D'
   | |
-  @ |  1: f899f3910ce7 'B'
+  o |  1: f899f3910ce7 'B'
   |/
   o  0: 4a2df7238c3b 'A'
   
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
   unresolved conflicts (see hg resolve, then hg rebase --continue)
   [1]
   $ hg tglog
-  @  3: 63668d570d21 'C'
+  o  3: 63668d570d21 'C'
   |
   | @  2: 82b8abf9c185 'D'
   | |
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-conflicts.t b/tests/test-rebase-conflicts.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-conflicts.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-conflicts.t
@@ -456,16 +456,14 @@
   warning: conflicts while merging conflict! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark')
   unresolved conflicts (see hg resolve, then hg rebase --continue)
   [1]
-It's weird that the current parents are not 7 and 8 since that's what we're
-merging
   $ hg tglog
   @  8:draft 'E'
   |
-  | o  7:draft 'D'
+  | @  7:draft 'D'
   |/
   o  6:draft 'C'
   |
-  | @    5:draft 'F'
+  | o    5:draft 'F'
   | |\
   | | o  4:draft 'E'
   | | |
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.t b/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.t
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
   $ hg tglogp
   @  7: 401ccec5e39f secret 'C'
   |
-  | @  6: a0b2430ebfb8 secret 'F'
+  | o  6: a0b2430ebfb8 secret 'F'
   | |
   o |  5: 45396c49d53b public 'B'
   | |
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
   $ hg tglogp
   @  7: 401ccec5e39f secret 'C'
   |
-  | @  6: a0b2430ebfb8 secret 'F'
+  | o  6: a0b2430ebfb8 secret 'F'
   | |
   o |  5: 45396c49d53b public 'B'
   | |
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
   $ hg tglogp
   @  7: 401ccec5e39f secret 'C'
   |
-  | @  6: a0b2430ebfb8 secret 'F'
+  | o  6: a0b2430ebfb8 secret 'F'
   | |
   o |  5: 45396c49d53b public 'B'
   | |
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
@@ -1795,19 +1795,15 @@
   $ hg log -G
   @  2:b18e25de2cf5 D
   |
-  | @  1:2ec65233581b B (pruned using prune)
-  |/
   o  0:426bada5c675 A
   
   $ hg summary
   parent: 2:b18e25de2cf5 tip
    D
-  parent: 1:2ec65233581b  (obsolete)
-   B
   branch: default
-  commit: 2 modified, 1 unknown, 1 unresolved (merge)
+  commit: 1 modified, 1 added, 1 unknown, 1 unresolved
   update: (current)
-  phases: 3 draft
+  phases: 2 draft
   rebase: 0 rebased, 2 remaining (rebase --continue)
 
   $ hg rebase --abort
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-parameters.t b/tests/test-rebase-parameters.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-parameters.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-parameters.t
@@ -473,11 +473,9 @@
   $ hg summary
   parent: 1:56daeba07f4b 
    c2
-  parent: 2:e4e3f3546619 tip
-   c2b
   branch: default
-  commit: 1 modified, 1 unresolved (merge)
-  update: (current)
+  commit: 1 unresolved (clean)
+  update: 1 new changesets, 2 branch heads (merge)
   phases: 3 draft
   rebase: 0 rebased, 1 remaining (rebase --continue)
 
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-transaction.t b/tests/test-rebase-transaction.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-transaction.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-transaction.t
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   |
   | @  4: Z
   | |
-  @ |  3: C
+  o |  3: C
   | |
   | o  2: Y
   | |
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
   o  0: A
   
   $ hg st
-  M C
   M conflict
   A B
+  A C
   ? conflict.orig
   $ echo resolved > conflict
   $ hg resolve -m