diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
index 91bc93cfee..2a58f0d0f6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ def switch_version(git_path, module, dest, remote, version, verify_commit, depth
         if rc != 0:
             module.fail_json(msg="Failed to checkout branch %s" % branch,
                              stdout=out, stderr=err, rc=rc)
-        cmd = "%s reset --hard %s" % (git_path, remote)
+        cmd = "%s reset --hard %s --" % (git_path, remote)
     else:
         # FIXME check for local_branch first, should have been fetched already
         if is_remote_branch(git_path, module, dest, remote, version):
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/main.yml
index c8ac11a1db..0f3687f21e 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@
 - include: checkout-new-tag.yml
 - include: tag-verification.yml
 - include: localmods.yml
+- include: reset-origin.yml
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/reset-origin.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/reset-origin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..383c02baed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/reset-origin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+
+- name: Clean up the directories
+  file:
+    state: absent
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ repo_dir }}/origin"
+    - "{{ checkout_dir }}"
+
+- name: Create a directory
+  file:
+    name: "{{ repo_dir }}/origin"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Initialise the repo with a file named origin,see github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/22502
+  shell: git init; echo "PR 22502" > origin; git add origin; git commit -m "PR 22502"
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ repo_dir }}/origin"
+
+- name: Clone a git repo with file named origin
+  git:
+    repo: "{{ repo_dir }}/origin"
+    dest: "{{ checkout_dir }}"
+    remote: origin
+    update: no
+  register: status