diff --git a/crates/services/src/services/git.rs b/crates/services/src/services/git.rs
index d598f1e9..d34c5658 100644
--- a/crates/services/src/services/git.rs
+++ b/crates/services/src/services/git.rs
@@ -1418,15 +1418,24 @@ impl GitService {
     ) -> Result<bool, GitServiceError> {
         let repo = self.open_repo(repo_path)?;
         let default_remote_name = self.default_remote_name(&repo);
+        let stripped_branch_name = match self.find_branch_type(repo_path, branch_name) {
+            Ok(BranchType::Remote) => {
+                // strip remote prefix if present
+                Ok(branch_name
+                    .strip_prefix(&format!("{default_remote_name}/"))
+                    .unwrap_or(branch_name))
+            }
+            Ok(BranchType::Local) => Ok(branch_name),
+            Err(e) => Err(e),
+        }?;
         let remote = repo.find_remote(&default_remote_name)?;
-
         let remote_url = remote
             .url()
             .ok_or_else(|| GitServiceError::InvalidRepository("Remote has no URL".to_string()))?;
 
         let git_cli = GitCli::new();
         git_cli
-            .check_remote_branch_exists(repo_path, remote_url, branch_name)
+            .check_remote_branch_exists(repo_path, remote_url, stripped_branch_name)
             .map_err(|e| e.into())
     }