diff --git a/contrib/sync-upstream.sh b/contrib/sync-upstream.sh
index f4ccc4491..3fb4a1454 100755
--- a/contrib/sync-upstream.sh
+++ b/contrib/sync-upstream.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -eou pipefail
+set -xeou pipefail
 
 help() {
     echo "$0 range [end]"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ echo "$BODY"
 echo "-----------------------------------"
 # Create branch from PR commit and create PR
 git checkout master
-git pull
+git pull --autostash
 git checkout -b temp-merge-"$PRNUM"
 
 # Escape single quote