diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index d57006f15..21e44c156 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     Check whether the current commit message follows committing rules. Allow
     empty commit messages by default, because they typically indicate to Git
     that the commit should be aborted.
-  entry: cz check
-  args: [--allow-abort, --commit-msg-file]
+  entry: cz
+  args: [check, --allow-abort, --commit-msg-file]
   stages: [commit-msg]
   language: python
   language_version: python3
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
     default branch on the origin repository. Useful for checking messages after
     the fact (e.g., pre-push or in CI) without an expensive check of the entire
     repository history.
-  entry: cz check
-  args: [--rev-range, "$PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF..$PRE_COMMIT_TO_REF"]
+  entry: cz
+  args: [--no-raise, "3", check, --rev-range, "$PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF..$PRE_COMMIT_TO_REF"]
   always_run: true
   pass_filenames: false
   language: python
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/check.py b/commitizen/commands/check.py
index fbf707341..86ff0c282 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/check.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/check.py
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ def __init__(self, config: BaseConfig, arguments: CheckArgs, *args: object) -> N
         self.commit_msg_file = arguments.get("commit_msg_file")
         self.commit_msg = arguments.get("message")
         rev_range = arguments.get("rev_range")
+        if (
+            rev_range == "$PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF..$PRE_COMMIT_TO_REF"
+            and "PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF" not in os.environ
+            and "PRE_COMMIT_LOCAL_BRANCH" in os.environ
+        ):
+            # pre-commit omits the refs when the push includes the root commit
+            rev_range = "$PRE_COMMIT_LOCAL_BRANCH"
         # Expand env vars so the packaged ``commitizen-branch`` pre-push hook
         # (which passes the literal ``$PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF..$PRE_COMMIT_TO_REF``)
         # keeps working after the ``shell=False`` switch in #1941. See #2003.
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_check_command.py b/tests/commands/test_check_command.py
index 227fa5fa5..4de961a1d 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_check_command.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_check_command.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ def test_check_rev_range_leaves_unset_env_vars_literal(
     rewritten to an empty range."""
     monkeypatch.delenv("PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF", raising=False)
     monkeypatch.delenv("PRE_COMMIT_TO_REF", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("PRE_COMMIT_LOCAL_BRANCH", raising=False)
     get_commits = mocker.patch(
         "commitizen.git.get_commits",
         return_value=_build_fake_git_commits(COMMIT_LOG),
@@ -219,6 +220,26 @@ def test_check_rev_range_leaves_unset_env_vars_literal(
     )
 
 
+def test_check_rev_range_falls_back_to_pushed_branch_on_root_push(
+    config, mocker: MockFixture, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+):
+    """pre-commit omits the from/to refs when a push includes the root commit."""
+    monkeypatch.delenv("PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("PRE_COMMIT_TO_REF", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRE_COMMIT_LOCAL_BRANCH", "refs/heads/main")
+    get_commits = mocker.patch(
+        "commitizen.git.get_commits",
+        return_value=_build_fake_git_commits(COMMIT_LOG),
+    )
+
+    commands.Check(
+        config=config,
+        arguments={"rev_range": "$PRE_COMMIT_FROM_REF..$PRE_COMMIT_TO_REF"},
+    )()
+
+    get_commits.assert_called_once_with(None, "refs/heads/main")
+
+
 def test_check_command_with_invalid_argument(config):
     with pytest.raises(
         InvalidCommandArgumentError,