diff --git a/lib/resolveGitRepo.js b/lib/resolveGitRepo.js
index d194da039..a3e550998 100644
--- a/lib/resolveGitRepo.js
+++ b/lib/resolveGitRepo.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const resolveGitRepo = async (cwd) => {
     // Unset GIT_DIR before running any git operations in case it's pointing to an incorrect location
     debugLog('Unset GIT_DIR (was `%s`)', process.env.GIT_DIR)
     delete process.env.GIT_DIR
+    debugLog('Unset GIT_WORK_TREE (was `%s`)', process.env.GIT_WORK_TREE)
+    delete process.env.GIT_WORK_TREE
 
     const gitDir = normalize(await execGit(['rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], { cwd }))
     const gitConfigDir = normalize(await resolveGitConfigDir(gitDir))
diff --git a/test/resolveGitRepo.spec.js b/test/resolveGitRepo.spec.js
index 11666bd95..46086ab41 100644
--- a/test/resolveGitRepo.spec.js
+++ b/test/resolveGitRepo.spec.js
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ describe('resolveGitRepo', () => {
     process.cwd = processCwdBkp
   })
 
+  it('should resolve to the parent dir when .git is in the parent dir even when the GIT_WORK_TREE environment variable is set', async () => {
+    const expected = normalize(path.dirname(__dirname))
+    const processCwdBkp = process.cwd
+    process.cwd = () => __dirname
+    process.env.GIT_WORK_TREE = './wrong/path/'
+    const { gitDir } = await resolveGitRepo()
+    expect(gitDir).toEqual(expected)
+    process.cwd = processCwdBkp
+  })
+
   it('should return null when not in a git directory', async () => {
     const { gitDir } = await resolveGitRepo({ cwd: '/' }) // assume root is not a git directory
     expect(gitDir).toEqual(null)