diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 3970bb9b30..b721155442 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ static void create_pack_file(struct upload_pack_data *pack_data,
 static int do_got_oid(struct upload_pack_data *data, const struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	int we_knew_they_have = 0;
-	struct object *o = parse_object(the_repository, oid);
+	struct object *o = parse_object_with_flags(the_repository, oid,
+						   PARSE_OBJECT_SKIP_HASH_CHECK);
 
 	if (!o)
 		die("oops (%s)", oid_to_hex(oid));
@@ -1148,7 +1149,8 @@ static void receive_needs(struct upload_pack_data *data,
 			free(client_sid);
 		}
 
-		o = parse_object(the_repository, &oid_buf);
+		o = parse_object_with_flags(the_repository, &oid_buf,
+					    PARSE_OBJECT_SKIP_HASH_CHECK);
 		if (!o) {
 			packet_writer_error(&data->writer,
 					    "upload-pack: not our ref %s",