diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index c4088a3..ffab278 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ function! fugitive#Head(...) abort
   if empty(dir)
     return ''
   endif
-  let file = fugitive#Find('.git/HEAD', dir)
+  let file = FugitiveActualDir() . '/HEAD'
   let ftime = getftime(file)
   if ftime == -1
     return ''
@@ -7904,7 +7904,7 @@ function! fugitive#Statusline(...) abort
   if len(commit)
     let status .= ':' . commit[0:6]
   endif
-  let status .= '('.FugitiveHead(7, dir).')'
+  let status .= '('.fugitive#Head(7, dir).')'
   return '[Git'.status.']'
 endfunction