diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 9a47b4c397..b78c9f36f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-w cvsworkdir] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
+'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before execution if the
 	current directory is within a git repository.
 
+-W::
+	Tell cvsexportcommit that the current working directory is not only
+	a Git checkout, but also the CVS checkout.  Therefore, Git will
+	reset the working directory to the parent commit before proceeding.
+
 -v::
 	Verbose.
 
diff --git a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
index 317a890271..eaa3218e79 100755
--- a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+++ b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 use File::Basename qw(basename dirname);
 use File::Spec;
 
-our ($opt_h, $opt_P, $opt_p, $opt_v, $opt_c, $opt_f, $opt_a, $opt_m, $opt_d, $opt_u, $opt_w);
+our ($opt_h, $opt_P, $opt_p, $opt_v, $opt_c, $opt_f, $opt_a, $opt_m, $opt_d, $opt_u, $opt_w, $opt_W);
 
-getopts('uhPpvcfam:d:w:');
+getopts('uhPpvcfam:d:w:W');
 
 $opt_h && usage();
 
 die "Need at least one commit identifier!" unless @ARGV;
 
-if ($opt_w) {
+if ($opt_w || $opt_W) {
 	# Remember where GIT_DIR is before changing to CVS checkout
 	unless ($ENV{GIT_DIR}) {
 		# No GIT_DIR set. Figure it out for ourselves
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 	}
 	# Make sure GIT_DIR is absolute
 	$ENV{GIT_DIR} = File::Spec->rel2abs($ENV{GIT_DIR});
+}
 
+if ($opt_w) {
 	if (! -d $opt_w."/CVS" ) {
 		die "$opt_w is not a CVS checkout";
 	}
@@ -116,6 +118,15 @@
     }
 }
 
+my $go_back_to = 0;
+
+if ($opt_W) {
+    $opt_v && print "Resetting to $parent\n";
+    $go_back_to = `git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null ||
+	git rev-parse HEAD` || die "Could not determine current branch";
+    system("git checkout -q $parent^0") && die "Could not check out $parent^0";
+}
+
 $opt_v && print "Applying to CVS commit $commit from parent $parent\n";
 
 # grab the commit message
@@ -260,7 +271,11 @@
 }
 
 print "Applying\n";
-`GIT_DIR= git-apply $context --summary --numstat --apply <.cvsexportcommit.diff` || die "cannot patch";
+if ($opt_W) {
+    system("git checkout -q $commit^0") && die "cannot patch";
+} else {
+    `GIT_DIR= git-apply $context --summary --numstat --apply <.cvsexportcommit.diff` || die "cannot patch";
+}
 
 print "Patch applied successfully. Adding new files and directories to CVS\n";
 my $dirtypatch = 0;
@@ -313,7 +328,9 @@
     print "using a patch program. After applying the patch and resolving the\n";
     print "problems you may commit using:";
     print "\n    cd \"$opt_w\"" if $opt_w;
-    print "\n    $cmd\n\n";
+    print "\n    $cmd\n";
+    print "\n    git checkout $go_back_to\n" if $go_back_to;
+    print "\n";
     exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -333,6 +350,14 @@
 # clean up
 unlink(".cvsexportcommit.diff");
 
+if ($opt_W) {
+    system("git checkout $go_back_to") && die "cannot move back to $go_back_to";
+    if (!($go_back_to =~ /^[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$/)) {
+	system("git symbolic-ref HEAD $go_back_to") &&
+	    die "cannot move back to $go_back_to";
+    }
+}
+
 # CVS version 1.11.x and 1.12.x sleeps the wrong way to ensure the timestamp
 # used by CVS and the one set by subsequence file modifications are different.
 # If they are not different CVS will not detect changes.
diff --git a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
index 42b144b1b3..b1dc32d056 100755
--- a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
+++ b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
@@ -297,4 +297,21 @@ test_expect_success 'commit a file with leading spaces in the name' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'use the same checkout for Git and CVS' '
+
+	(mkdir shared &&
+	 cd shared &&
+	 unset GIT_DIR &&
+	 cvs co . &&
+	 git init &&
+	 git add " space" &&
+	 git commit -m "fake initial commit" &&
+	 echo Hello >> " space" &&
+	 git commit -m "Another change" " space" &&
+	 git cvsexportcommit -W -p -u -c HEAD &&
+	 grep Hello " space" &&
+	 git diff-files)
+
+'
+
 test_done