diff --git a/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py b/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py
index dc8d12fa2..044f0838f 100755
--- a/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py
+++ b/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py
@@ -604,11 +604,7 @@ def apply_gerrit_ref(gerrit_repo, gerrit_ref, root, gerrit_reset,
       try:
         ok = False
         git('checkout', '-b', temp_branch_name, cwd=root)
-        try:
-          git('rebase', base_rev, cwd=root)
-        finally:
-          # Abort the rebase since there were failures.
-          git('rebase', '--abort', cwd=root)
+        git('rebase', base_rev, cwd=root)
 
         # Get off of the temporary branch since it can't be deleted otherwise.
         cur_rev = git('rev-parse', 'HEAD', cwd=root).strip()