diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
index 056b47d0f..26a64ebcf 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
@@ -184,9 +184,8 @@ public RevCommit call() throws GitAPIException, NoHeadException,
 				if (amend) {
 					RevCommit previousCommit = new RevWalk(repo)
 							.parseCommit(headId);
-					RevCommit[] p = previousCommit.getParents();
-					for (int i = 0; i < p.length; i++)
-						parents.add(0, p[i].getId());
+					for (RevCommit p : previousCommit.getParents())
+						parents.add(p.getId());
 					if (author == null)
 						author = previousCommit.getAuthorIdent();
 				} else {