diff --git a/crates/git/src/repository.rs b/crates/git/src/repository.rs
index 02b8e1cf89e3f43077be1dbd74bfb5ef3a660c17..20b13e1f8ad1916bce78169e96ea19d90e781f31 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/repository.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/repository.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ pub struct Upstream {
 }
 
 impl Upstream {
+    pub fn is_remote(&self) -> bool {
+        self.remote_name().is_some()
+    }
+
     pub fn remote_name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         self.ref_name
             .strip_prefix("refs/remotes/")
diff --git a/crates/git_ui/src/branch_picker.rs b/crates/git_ui/src/branch_picker.rs
index 04c5575d1fd34b9c16236a5d566deed0b7bdc3cc..59a3f3594bf87109fe346c84f31d5f92f85792ae 100644
--- a/crates/git_ui/src/branch_picker.rs
+++ b/crates/git_ui/src/branch_picker.rs
@@ -98,15 +98,18 @@ impl BranchList {
 
             let all_branches = cx
                 .background_spawn(async move {
-                    let upstreams: HashSet<_> = all_branches
+                    let remote_upstreams: HashSet<_> = all_branches
                         .iter()
                         .filter_map(|branch| {
-                            let upstream = branch.upstream.as_ref()?;
-                            Some(upstream.ref_name.clone())
+                            branch
+                                .upstream
+                                .as_ref()
+                                .filter(|upstream| upstream.is_remote())
+                                .map(|upstream| upstream.ref_name.clone())
                         })
                         .collect();
 
-                    all_branches.retain(|branch| !upstreams.contains(&branch.ref_name));
+                    all_branches.retain(|branch| !remote_upstreams.contains(&branch.ref_name));
 
                     all_branches.sort_by_key(|branch| {
                         branch