diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a63ad1b..dbd328b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4254,7 +4254,7 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "command": "gitlens.views.checkout",
-                    "when": "!gitlens:readonly && viewItem =~ /gitlens:branch\\b(?!.*?\\b\\+current\\b)/",
+                    "when": "!gitlens:readonly && viewItem =~ /gitlens:branch/",
                     "group": "inline@10"
                 },
                 {
diff --git a/src/quickpicks/referencesQuickPick.ts b/src/quickpicks/referencesQuickPick.ts
index 5b5c484..a181e39 100644
--- a/src/quickpicks/referencesQuickPick.ts
+++ b/src/quickpicks/referencesQuickPick.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ export class ReferencesQuickPick {
 
     async show(
         placeHolder: string,
+        options?: Exclude<ReferencesQuickPickOptions, CommandQuickPickItem> & { include: 'branches' }
+    ): Promise<BranchQuickPickItem | undefined>;
+    async show(
+        placeHolder: string,
+        options?: Exclude<ReferencesQuickPickOptions, CommandQuickPickItem> & { include: 'tags' }
+    ): Promise<TagQuickPickItem | undefined>;
+    async show(
+        placeHolder: string,
+        options?: Exclude<ReferencesQuickPickOptions, CommandQuickPickItem>
+    ): Promise<ReferencesQuickPickItem | undefined>;
+    async show(
+        placeHolder: string,
         options: ReferencesQuickPickOptions = { checkmarks: true }
     ): Promise<ReferencesQuickPickItem | CommandQuickPickItem | undefined> {
         const cancellation = new CancellationTokenSource();
diff --git a/src/views/viewCommands.ts b/src/views/viewCommands.ts
index b9df13a..de3ae6e 100644
--- a/src/views/viewCommands.ts
+++ b/src/views/viewCommands.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import {
 } from './nodes';
 import { Strings } from '../system/string';
 import { runGitCommandInTerminal } from '../terminal';
+import { ReferencesQuickPick } from '../quickpicks';
 
 interface CompareSelectedInfo {
     ref: string;
@@ -243,25 +244,37 @@ export class ViewCommands {
             return Container.git.checkout(node.repoPath, node.ref, { fileName: node.fileName });
         }
 
-        if (node instanceof BranchNode && node.branch.remote) {
-            const branches = await Container.git.getBranches(node.repoPath, {
-                filter: b => {
-                    return b.tracking === node.branch.name;
-                }
-            });
+        if (node instanceof BranchNode) {
+            let branch = node.branch;
+            if (branch.current) {
+                const pick = await new ReferencesQuickPick(node.repoPath).show('Choose a branch to check out to', { checkmarks: false, filterBranches: b => !b.current, include: 'branches' });
+                if (pick === undefined) return undefined;
 
-            if (branches.length !== 0) {
-                return Container.git.checkout(node.repoPath, branches[0].ref);
+                branch = pick.item;
             }
 
-            const name = await window.showInputBox({
-                prompt: "Please provide a name for the local branch (Press 'Enter' to confirm or 'Escape' to cancel)",
-                placeHolder: 'Local branch name',
-                value: node.branch.getName()
-            });
-            if (name === undefined || name.length === 0) return undefined;
+            if (branch.remote) {
+                const branches = await Container.git.getBranches(node.repoPath, {
+                    filter: b => {
+                        return b.tracking === branch.name;
+                    }
+                });
+
+                if (branches.length !== 0) {
+                    return Container.git.checkout(node.repoPath, branches[0].ref);
+                }
+
+                const name = await window.showInputBox({
+                    prompt: "Please provide a name for the local branch (Press 'Enter' to confirm or 'Escape' to cancel)",
+                    placeHolder: 'Local branch name',
+                    value: branch.getName()
+                });
+                if (name === undefined || name.length === 0) return undefined;
+
+                return Container.git.checkout(node.repoPath, branch.ref, { createBranch: name });
+            }
 
-            return Container.git.checkout(node.repoPath, node.ref, { createBranch: name });
+            return Container.git.checkout(branch.repoPath, branch.ref);
         }
 
         return Container.git.checkout(node.repoPath, node.ref);