diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 7bc346cc307..90988a23e5c 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ base_template: &BASE_TEMPLATE
     - if [ "$CIRRUS_PR" = "" ]; then exit 0; fi
     - git fetch $CIRRUS_REPO_CLONE_URL "pull/${CIRRUS_PR}/merge"
     - git checkout FETCH_HEAD  # Use merged changes to detect silent merge conflicts
+                               # Also, the merge commit is used to lint COMMIT_RANGE="HEAD~..HEAD"
 
 main_template: &MAIN_TEMPLATE
   timeout_in: 120m  # https://cirrus-ci.org/faq/#instance-timed-out
diff --git a/ci/lint/06_script.sh b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
index a1721a703fb..c14d7473d37 100755
--- a/ci/lint/06_script.sh
+++ b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-GIT_HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 if [ -n "$CIRRUS_PR" ]; then
-  COMMIT_RANGE="${CIRRUS_BASE_SHA}..$GIT_HEAD"
+  COMMIT_RANGE="HEAD~..HEAD"
   echo
   git log --no-merges --oneline "$COMMIT_RANGE"
   echo