diff --git a/benchmarks/basic_commands.py b/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
index 3c85f4040abd960f758e462d20f47316590bee76_YmVuY2htYXJrcy9iYXNpY19jb21tYW5kcy5weQ==..89bc86614221275716510f2ac2849d96d5cf4381_YmVuY2htYXJrcy9iYXNpY19jb21tYW5kcy5weQ== 100644
--- a/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
+++ b/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     timeout = 300
 
     def time_log_history(self, repo, n):
-        self._execute("log", "-r", "tip~%d::" % n)
+        self._execute("log", "-r", "-%d:" % n)
 
 
 class UpdateTimeTestSuite(BaseNChangesetsTestSuite):