diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/workingset.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/workingset.go
index 44f3fa2e06..6f7966ee2f 100755
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/workingset.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/workingset.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func (ws WorkingSet) StartMerge(commit *Commit) *WorkingSet {
 
 func (ws WorkingSet) AbortMerge() *WorkingSet {
 	ws.workingRoot = ws.mergeState.PreMergeWorkingRoot()
+	ws.stagedRoot = ws.workingRoot
 	ws.mergeState = nil
 	return &ws
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/merge.bats b/integration-tests/bats/merge.bats
index a8b2de61a8..20be61c911 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/merge.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/merge.bats
@@ -88,6 +88,30 @@ teardown() {
     [[ "${lines[1]}" =~ "9,9,9" ]] || false
 }
 
+@test "merge: --abort leaves clean working, staging roots" {
+    dolt branch other
+
+    dolt sql -q "INSERT INTO test1 VALUES (1,10,10);"
+    dolt commit -am "added rows to test1 on master"
+
+    dolt checkout other
+    dolt sql -q "INSERT INTO test1 VALUES (2,20,20);"
+    dolt commit -am "added rows to test1 on other"
+
+    dolt checkout master
+    dolt merge other
+    run dolt status
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "still merging" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "modified:       test" ]] || false
+
+    dolt merge --abort
+    run dolt status
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "${lines[0]}" =~ "On branch master" ]] || false
+    [[ "${lines[1]}" =~ "nothing to commit, working tree clean" ]] || false
+}
+
 @test "merge: squash merge" {
     dolt checkout -b merge_branch
     dolt SQL -q "INSERT INTO test1 values (0,1,2)"
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/sql-merge.bats b/integration-tests/bats/sql-merge.bats
index f1b5bf17bb..2a0dfe6b52 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/sql-merge.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/sql-merge.bats
@@ -348,6 +348,37 @@ SQL
     [[ "$output" =~ "9,9,9" ]] || false
 }
 
+
+@test "sql-merge: DOLT_MERGE(--abort) clears index state" {
+    run dolt sql --disable-batch << SQL
+set autocommit = off;
+CREATE TABLE one_pk (
+  pk1 BIGINT NOT NULL,
+  c1 BIGINT,
+  c2 BIGINT,
+  PRIMARY KEY (pk1)
+);
+SELECT DOLT_COMMIT('-a', '-m', 'add tables');
+SELECT DOLT_CHECKOUT('-b', 'feature-branch');
+SELECT DOLT_CHECKOUT('master');
+INSERT INTO one_pk (pk1,c1,c2) VALUES (0,0,0);
+SELECT DOLT_COMMIT('-a', '-m', 'changed master');
+SELECT DOLT_CHECKOUT('feature-branch');
+INSERT INTO one_pk (pk1,c1,c2) VALUES (0,1,1);
+SELECT DOLT_COMMIT('-a', '-m', 'changed feature branch');
+SELECT DOLT_CHECKOUT('master');
+SELECT DOLT_MERGE('feature-branch');
+SELECT DOLT_MERGE('--abort');
+commit;
+SQL
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+
+    run dolt status
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "${lines[0]}" =~ "On branch master" ]] || false
+    [[ "${lines[1]}" =~ "nothing to commit, working tree clean" ]] || false
+}
+
 @test "sql-merge: DOLT_MERGE with unresolved conflicts throws an error" {
       run dolt sql << SQL
 CREATE TABLE one_pk (