diff --git a/buildroot/share/git/mfnew b/buildroot/share/git/mfnew
index 0fb869435a..a33c3f081a 100755
--- a/buildroot/share/git/mfnew
+++ b/buildroot/share/git/mfnew
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ case "$#" in
 esac
 
 git fetch upstream
-git checkout upstream/$TARG -b $BRANCH
+git checkout --no-track upstream/$TARG -b $BRANCH