diff --git a/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.test.ts b/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.test.ts
index 1b8b21cffb23..9a5c472cfd47 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.test.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ type WorktreesPageTestElement = HTMLElement & {
   busyId: string | null;
   creating: boolean;
   createRepoRoot: string;
+  createBaseRef: string;
+  createBranches: string[];
   updateComplete: Promise<boolean>;
   requestUpdate: () => void;
+  loadCreateBranches: () => void;
   createWorktree: () => Promise<void>;
   removeWorktree: (record: WorktreeRecord) => Promise<void>;
   restore: (record: WorktreeRecord) => Promise<void>;
@@ -286,4 +289,25 @@ describe("WorktreesPage lifecycle", () => {
     expect(page.creating).toBe(false);
     expect(page.error).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it("uses the current branch when a repository has no remote default", async () => {
+    const request = vi.fn((method: string) => {
+      if (method === "worktrees.branches") {
+        return Promise.resolve({ branches: [{ name: "main" }], headBranch: "main" });
+      }
+      return Promise.resolve({ worktrees: [] });
+    });
+    const page = document.createElement("openclaw-worktrees-page") as WorktreesPageTestElement;
+    page.context = contextWithGateway(
+      gatewayWithClient({ request } as unknown as GatewayBrowserClient),
+    );
+    page.createRepoRoot = "/tmp/repo";
+    document.body.append(page);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledWith("worktrees.list", {}));
+
+    page.loadCreateBranches();
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(page.createBranches).toEqual(["main"]));
+    expect(page.createBaseRef).toBe("main");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.ts b/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.ts
index a2a420ef6cea..fb0d1af91c55 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.ts
+++ b/ui/src/pages/worktrees/worktrees-page.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ import { SubscriptionsController } from "../../lit/subscriptions-controller.ts";
 
 type WorktreesListResult = { worktrees: WorktreeRecord[] };
 type WorktreesRemoveResult = { removed: boolean; snapshotError?: string };
-type WorktreeBranchesResult = { branches: Array<{ name: string }>; defaultBranch?: string };
+type WorktreeBranchesResult = {
+  branches: Array<{ name: string }>;
+  defaultBranch?: string;
+  headBranch?: string;
+};
 
 type WorktreeOperationScope = {
   gateway: ApplicationContext["gateway"];
@@ -266,8 +270,8 @@ class WorktreesPage extends OpenClawLightDomElement {
       .then((result) => {
         if (this.isOperationScopeCurrent(scope) && repoRoot === this.createRepoRoot.trim()) {
           this.createBranches = result.branches.map((branch) => branch.name);
-          if (!this.createBaseRef && result.defaultBranch) {
-            this.createBaseRef = result.defaultBranch;
+          if (!this.createBaseRef) {
+            this.createBaseRef = result.defaultBranch ?? result.headBranch ?? "";
           }
         }
       })