diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f19851..7e1c366 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+* Fixed: Distance was calculated inconsistently for Git
+  when there were some tags and none matched the version pattern.
+
 ## v1.21.0 (2024-04-29)
 
 * Generally, when Dunamai can detect the VCS in use, but there's no version set yet,
diff --git a/dunamai/__init__.py b/dunamai/__init__.py
index 1fbb6ef..f24af34 100644
--- a/dunamai/__init__.py
+++ b/dunamai/__init__.py
@@ -1243,13 +1243,11 @@ def from_git(
             )
 
         if matched_pattern is None:
-            distance = 0
-
-            code, msg = _run_cmd("git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD", path)
-            if msg:
-                initial_commit = msg.splitlines()[0].strip()
-                code, msg = _run_cmd("git rev-list --count {}..HEAD".format(initial_commit), path)
+            try:
+                code, msg = _run_cmd("git rev-list --count HEAD", path)
                 distance = int(msg)
+            except Exception:
+                distance = 0
 
             return cls._fallback(
                 strict,
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_dunamai.py b/tests/integration/test_dunamai.py
index 45fcbfb..30b6be3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_dunamai.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_dunamai.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def test__version__from_git__with_annotated_tags(tmp_path) -> None:
         # Additional one-off check not in other VCS integration tests:
         # when the only tag in the repository does not match the pattern.
         run("git tag other -m Annotated")
-        assert from_vcs() == Version("0.0.0", dirty=False, branch=b)
+        assert from_vcs() == Version("0.0.0", distance=1, dirty=False, branch=b)
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             from_vcs(strict=True)