diff --git a/internal/stack/undo_op.go b/internal/stack/undo_op.go
index 2a8e97a..67b0b98 100644
--- a/internal/stack/undo_op.go
+++ b/internal/stack/undo_op.go
@@ -54,14 +54,12 @@ func Undo(env Env, s *State, entry *UndoEntry) (*OpResult, error) {
 				}
 			}
 			if cur, err := g.CurrentBranch(); err == nil && cur == name {
-				// The rename target is still derived from the entry label; the
-				// follow-up is to derive it from the state diff instead.
-				if entry.Label == "rename" {
-					checkoutAfterRestore = restoredRenameTarget(&prev, s, name)
-					if checkoutAfterRestore == "" {
-						checkoutAfterRestore = missingRestoredRef(g, entry)
-					}
-				}
+				// HEAD is on a branch we are about to delete; move it to target (the
+				// parent, or trunk) so the branch can be removed. The final landing
+				// branch is restored below from entry.CurrentBranch (the branch that
+				// was checked out when the command ran) — for a current-branch rename
+				// that is the restored old name, so no command-label coupling is
+				// needed here.
 				if !g.BranchExists(target) {
 					sha, ok := entry.Refs[target]
 					if !ok {
@@ -140,40 +138,6 @@ func checkoutBlockedByLocalChanges(err error) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(msg, "local changes") || strings.Contains(msg, "would be overwritten")
 }
 
-// restoredRenameTarget picks the branch to check out after undoing a rename:
-// the snapshot name that the current state no longer tracks (or the snapshot
-// trunk when the trunk itself was renamed).
-func restoredRenameTarget(prev, current *State, deleted string) string {
-	if current == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	if current.Trunk == deleted && prev.Trunk != current.Trunk {
-		return prev.Trunk
-	}
-	for name := range prev.Branches {
-		if !current.IsTracked(name) {
-			return name
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-// missingRestoredRef returns the single recorded ref whose branch is currently
-// missing, or "" when there is not exactly one.
-func missingRestoredRef(g Git, entry *UndoEntry) string {
-	var missing []string
-	for name := range entry.Refs {
-		if !g.BranchExists(name) {
-			missing = append(missing, name)
-		}
-	}
-	sort.Strings(missing)
-	if len(missing) == 1 {
-		return missing[0]
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // branchCreatedByEntry reports whether name was created by the command the
 // entry snapshots: it is listed in CreatedBranches, or absent from the
 // local-branch list captured before the command ran.
diff --git a/internal/stack/undo_op_test.go b/internal/stack/undo_op_test.go
index 85dced5..4a369ce 100644
--- a/internal/stack/undo_op_test.go
+++ b/internal/stack/undo_op_test.go
@@ -125,6 +125,38 @@ func TestUndoRenameRestoresOldNameAndChecksItOut(t *testing.T) {
 	assertUndoRestored(t, f, s, entry)
 }
 
+// TestUndoRenameWithNilStateRecoversOldName covers the cmd loadErr path (Undo is
+// called with s==nil when the state can't be loaded): the generic current-branch
+// restore must still land on the restored old name (entry.CurrentBranch), with no
+// loaded state to consult.
+func TestUndoRenameWithNilStateRecoversOldName(t *testing.T) {
+	f, s, env := newEnvState()
+	mkBranch(t, env, s, f, "main", "a")
+	mkBranch(t, env, s, f, "a", "b")
+	if err := f.Checkout("a"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	entry := mustSnapshot(t, s, f, "rename")
+	if _, err := Rename(env, s, "a", "z"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rename: %v", err)
+	}
+	// FinalizeUndo records the created branch on the persisted entry; with s==nil
+	// it is the only signal that "z" must be deleted.
+	entry.CreatedBranches = []string{"z"}
+	if _, err := Undo(env, nil, entry); err != nil { // s==nil: Load failed
+		t.Fatalf("undo (nil state): %v", err)
+	}
+	if f.BranchExists("z") {
+		t.Fatal("undo left the renamed branch z behind")
+	}
+	if !f.BranchExists("a") {
+		t.Fatal("undo did not restore the old branch name a")
+	}
+	if f.head != "a" {
+		t.Fatalf("HEAD = %q after undoing rename with nil state, want a", f.head)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUndoDeleteResurrectsBranchFromSnapshotRef(t *testing.T) {
 	f, s, env := newEnvState()
 	mkBranch(t, env, s, f, "main", "a")