diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 56a2c36669..4e693808b1 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, struct replay_opts *opts)
 	const char * const * usage_str = revert_or_cherry_pick_usage(opts);
 	const char *me = action_name(opts);
 	int cmd = 0;
-	struct option options[] = {
+	struct option base_options[] = {
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "quit", &cmd, N_("end revert or cherry-pick sequence"), 'q'),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "continue", &cmd, N_("resume revert or cherry-pick sequence"), 'c'),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "abort", &cmd, N_("cancel revert or cherry-pick sequence"), 'a'),
@@ -91,13 +91,9 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, struct replay_opts *opts)
 			N_("option for merge strategy"), option_parse_x),
 		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &opts->gpg_sign, N_("key-id"),
 		  N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
-		OPT_END(),
-		OPT_END(),
-		OPT_END(),
-		OPT_END(),
-		OPT_END(),
-		OPT_END(),
+		OPT_END()
 	};
+	struct option *options = base_options;
 
 	if (opts->action == REPLAY_PICK) {
 		struct option cp_extra[] = {
@@ -108,8 +104,7 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, struct replay_opts *opts)
 			OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-redundant-commits", &opts->keep_redundant_commits, N_("keep redundant, empty commits")),
 			OPT_END(),
 		};
-		if (parse_options_concat(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options), cp_extra))
-			die(_("program error"));
+		options = parse_options_concat(options, cp_extra);
 	}
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options, usage_str,
diff --git a/parse-options-cb.c b/parse-options-cb.c
index 239898d946..2d875202cd 100644
--- a/parse-options-cb.c
+++ b/parse-options-cb.c
@@ -117,19 +117,24 @@ int parse_opt_tertiary(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int parse_options_concat(struct option *dst, size_t dst_size, struct option *src)
+struct option *parse_options_concat(struct option *a, struct option *b)
 {
-	int i, j;
+	struct option *ret;
+	size_t i, a_len = 0, b_len = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < dst_size; i++)
-		if (dst[i].type == OPTION_END)
-			break;
-	for (j = 0; i < dst_size; i++, j++) {
-		dst[i] = src[j];
-		if (src[j].type == OPTION_END)
-			return 0;
-	}
-	return -1;
+	for (i = 0; a[i].type != OPTION_END; i++)
+		a_len++;
+	for (i = 0; b[i].type != OPTION_END; i++)
+		b_len++;
+
+	ALLOC_ARRAY(ret, st_add3(a_len, b_len, 1));
+	for (i = 0; i < a_len; i++)
+		ret[i] = a[i];
+	for (i = 0; i < b_len; i++)
+		ret[a_len + i] = b[i];
+	ret[a_len + b_len] = b[b_len]; /* final OPTION_END */
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int parse_opt_string_list(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index ea4af92a51..78f8384c56 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ extern int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 
 extern int parse_options_end(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx);
 
-extern int parse_options_concat(struct option *dst, size_t, struct option *src);
+extern struct option *parse_options_concat(struct option *a, struct option *b);
 
 /*----- some often used options -----*/
 extern int parse_opt_abbrev_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);