diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 46c39f85c4..a9f5e6b510 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ static struct commit *deref_without_lazy_fetch(const struct object_id *oid,
 	commit = lookup_commit_in_graph(the_repository, oid);
 	if (commit) {
 		if (mark_tags_complete_and_check_obj_db) {
-			if (!odb_has_object(the_repository->objects, oid, 0))
+			if (!odb_has_object(the_repository->objects, oid,
+					    HAS_OBJECT_RECHECK_PACKED))
 				die_in_commit_graph_only(oid);
 		}
 		return commit;