diff --git a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
index 0ac6687ef8..c68eb22668 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ final class PhabricatorRepository extends PhabricatorRepositoryDAO
     }
 
     $raw_commit = $commit;
-    if (phutil_nonempty_string($commit)) {
+    if (phutil_nonempty_scalar($commit)) {
       $commit = str_replace('$', '$$', $commit);
       $commit = ';'.phutil_escape_uri($commit);
     }