diff --git a/git-remote-hg b/git-remote-hg
index f89eea0..7abfed6 100755
--- a/git-remote-hg
+++ b/git-remote-hg
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ def parse_tag(parser):
 def do_export(parser):
     global parsed_refs, bmarks, peer
 
+    p_bmarks = []
+
     parser.next()
 
     for line in parser.each_block('done'):
@@ -707,20 +709,9 @@ def do_export(parser):
             pass
         elif ref.startswith('refs/heads/'):
             bmark = ref[len('refs/heads/'):]
-            if bmark in bmarks:
-                old = bmarks[bmark].hex()
-            else:
-                old = ''
-
-            if bmark == 'master' and 'master' not in parser.repo._bookmarks:
-                # fake bookmark
-                print "ok %s" % ref
-                continue
-
-            if not bookmarks.pushbookmark(parser.repo, bmark, old, node):
-                print "error %s" % ref
-                continue
-
+            p_bmarks.append((bmark, node))
+            # handle below
+            continue
         elif ref.startswith('refs/tags/'):
             tag = ref[len('refs/tags/'):]
             parser.repo.tag([tag], node, None, True, None, {})
@@ -732,6 +723,26 @@ def do_export(parser):
     if peer:
         parser.repo.push(peer, force=False)
 
+    # handle bookmarks
+    for bmark, node in p_bmarks:
+        ref = 'refs/heads/' + bmark
+
+        if bmark in bmarks:
+            old = bmarks[bmark].hex()
+        else:
+            old = ''
+
+        if bmark == 'master' and 'master' not in parser.repo._bookmarks:
+            # fake bookmark
+            print "ok %s" % ref
+            continue
+
+        if not bookmarks.pushbookmark(parser.repo, bmark, old, node):
+            print "error %s" % ref
+            continue
+
+        print "ok %s" % ref
+
     print
 
 def fix_path(alias, repo, orig_url):