diff --git a/plugin/fugitive.vim b/plugin/fugitive.vim
index 8ae1b91..6297dfe 100644
--- a/plugin/fugitive.vim
+++ b/plugin/fugitive.vim
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ endfunction
 
 augroup fugitive_commit
   autocmd!
-  autocmd VimLeavePre,BufDelete *.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG execute s:sub(s:FinishCommit(), '^echoerr (.*)', 'echohl ErrorMsg|echo \1|echohl NONE')
+  autocmd VimLeavePre,BufDelete COMMIT_EDITMSG execute s:sub(s:FinishCommit(), '^echoerr (.*)', 'echohl ErrorMsg|echo \1|echohl NONE')
 augroup END
 
 " }}}1