diff --git a/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py b/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py
index b910aff..dbfef6f 100644
--- a/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py
+++ b/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py
@@ -371,7 +371,11 @@ class SourcePackage(object):
             print harvest.report()
 
     def reload_changelog(self):
-        """Reloads debian/changelog and update version."""
+        """Reloads debian/changelog and updates the version.
+
+        Returns true if the changelog was reloaded successfully. Returns false
+        if the user wants to correct a broken changelog.
+        """
 
         # Check the changelog
         self._changelog = debian.changelog.Changelog()
diff --git a/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/sponsor_patch.py b/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/sponsor_patch.py
index cae3bd1..fce896d 100644
--- a/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/sponsor_patch.py
+++ b/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/sponsor_patch.py
@@ -259,10 +259,13 @@ def sponsor_patch(bug_number, build, builder, edit, keyid, lpinstance, update,
     source_package = SourcePackage(task.package, builder, workdir, branch)
 
     if is_sync(bug) and not edit:
-        successful = True
-        source_package.reload_changelog()
-        source_package.check_sync_request_version(bug_number, task)
-        if build:
+        successful = source_package.reload_changelog()
+
+        if successful:
+            source_package.check_sync_request_version(bug_number, task)
+            successful = source_package.check_version(task.get_version())
+
+        if successful and build:
             dist = UbuntuDistroInfo().devel()
             successful = source_package.build(update, dist)
             update = False