diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -861,12 +861,12 @@
 
     ui.status(
         _(b'changeset %s backs out changeset %s\n')
-        % (nice(repo.changelog.tip()), nice(node))
+        % (nice(newnode), nice(node))
     )
     if opts.get(b'merge') and op1 != node:
         hg.clean(repo, op1, show_stats=False)
         ui.status(
-            _(b'merging with changeset %s\n') % nice(repo.changelog.tip())
+            _(b'merging with changeset %s\n') % nice(newnode)
         )
         overrides = {(b'ui', b'forcemerge'): opts.get(b'tool', b'')}
         with ui.configoverride(overrides, b'backout'):
diff --git a/tests/test-backout.t b/tests/test-backout.t
--- a/tests/test-backout.t
+++ b/tests/test-backout.t
@@ -806,3 +806,18 @@
   $ hg backout --merge --no-commit 2
   abort: cannot specify both --no-commit and --merge
   [255]
+
+Ensure that backout out the same changeset twice performs correctly:
+
+  $ hg backout 2
+  removing 3
+  changeset 3:8f188de730d9 backs out changeset 2:cccc23d9d68f
+  $ echo 4 > 4
+  $ hg ci -A -m 4
+  adding 4
+  $ hg up 2
+  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  $ hg backout 2
+  removing 3
+  created new head
+  changeset 3:8f188de730d9 backs out changeset 2:cccc23d9d68f