diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
index 22184578..127176e5 100644
--- a/project.py
+++ b/project.py
@@ -1103,17 +1103,12 @@ class Project(object):
       elif self.manifest.default.sync_c:
         current_branch_only = True
 
-    is_sha1 = False
-    if ID_RE.match(self.revisionExpr) is not None:
-      is_sha1 = True
-    if is_sha1 and self._CheckForSha1():
-      # Don't need to fetch since we already have this revision
-      return True
-
-    if not self._RemoteFetch(initial=is_new, quiet=quiet, alt_dir=alt_dir,
-                             current_branch_only=current_branch_only,
-                             no_tags=no_tags):
-      return False
+    has_sha1 = ID_RE.match(self.revisionExpr) and self._CheckForSha1()
+    if (not has_sha1  #Need to fetch since we don't already have this revision
+        and not self._RemoteFetch(initial=is_new, quiet=quiet, alt_dir=alt_dir,
+                                  current_branch_only=current_branch_only,
+                                  no_tags=no_tags)):
+          return False
 
     if self.worktree:
       self._InitMRef()