diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git b/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git
index 5e0cfdd75b..02ec13d036 100755
--- a/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git
+++ b/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ get_deployment_lock(error_rerun_script)
 try:
     deploy_path = make_deploy_path()
     if not os.path.exists(LOCAL_GIT_CACHE_DIR):
-        os.chdir('/srv/')
         logging.info("Cloning the repository")
         subprocess.check_call(["git", "clone", "-q", git_url, "--mirror", LOCAL_GIT_CACHE_DIR],
                               stdout=open('/dev/null', 'w'))
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ try:
 
     logging.info("Fetching the latest commits")
     os.chdir(LOCAL_GIT_CACHE_DIR)
+    subprocess.check_call(["git", "remote", "set-url", "origin", git_url], preexec_fn=su_to_zulip)
     subprocess.check_call(["git", "fetch", "-q"], preexec_fn=su_to_zulip)
 
     subprocess.check_call(["git", "clone", "-q", "-b", refname, LOCAL_GIT_CACHE_DIR, deploy_path],