diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index f9def5ac74..e990607742 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ static int get_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 	else
 		demux.out = xd[0];
 
-	if (!args->keep_pack && unpack_limit) {
+	if (!args->keep_pack && unpack_limit && !index_pack_args) {
 
 		if (read_pack_header(demux.out, &header))
 			die(_("protocol error: bad pack header"));
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ static int get_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 			strvec_push(&cmd.args, "-v");
 		if (args->use_thin_pack)
 			strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--fix-thin");
-		if (do_keep && (args->lock_pack || unpack_limit)) {
+		if ((do_keep || index_pack_args) && (args->lock_pack || unpack_limit)) {
 			char hostname[HOST_NAME_MAX + 1];
 			if (xgethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)))
 				xsnprintf(hostname, sizeof(hostname), "localhost");
diff --git a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index b1bc73a9a9..9df1ec82ca 100755
--- a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -853,6 +853,27 @@ test_expect_success 'part of packfile response provided as URI' '
 	test_line_count = 6 filelist
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'packfile URIs with fetch instead of clone' '
+	P="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/http_parent" &&
+	rm -rf "$P" http_child log &&
+
+	git init "$P" &&
+	git -C "$P" config "uploadpack.allowsidebandall" "true" &&
+
+	echo my-blob >"$P/my-blob" &&
+	git -C "$P" add my-blob &&
+	git -C "$P" commit -m x &&
+
+	configure_exclusion "$P" my-blob >h &&
+
+	git init http_child &&
+
+	GIT_TEST_SIDEBAND_ALL=1 \
+	git -C http_child -c protocol.version=2 \
+		-c fetch.uriprotocols=http,https \
+		fetch "$HTTPD_URL/smart/http_parent"
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'fetching with valid packfile URI but invalid hash fails' '
 	P="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/http_parent" &&
 	rm -rf "$P" http_child log &&