diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index cabb171..7128ec1 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ find_repo() {
 # from the repo.
 is_whole_dir_removed() {
 	if [ ${SC_VCS} = svn ]; then
-		[ -z "$(svn status --depth=empty -- "${1}")" ]
+		[ "$(svn status --depth=empty -- "${1}" | wc -l)" = 1 ]
 	elif [ ${SC_VCS%-svn} = git ]; then
 		[ -z "$(git ls-files -c -- "${1}")" ]
 	elif [ ${SC_VCS} = hg ]; then