diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh

index d566015..71abbf4 100755

--- a/git-request-pull.sh

+++ b/git-request-pull.sh

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ find_matching_ref='

 		my ($sha1, $ref, $deref) = /^(\S+)\s+(\S+?)(\^\{\})?$/;

 		next unless ($sha1 eq $ARGV[1]);

 		$found = abbr($ref);

-		if ($deref && $ref eq "tags/$ARGV[2]") {

+		if ($deref && $ref eq "refs/tags/$ARGV[2]") {

 			$tagged = $found;

 			last;

 		}