1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 655ee64256..058c25837d 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -544,10 +544,14 @@ static void filter_refs(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 	/* Append unmatched requests to the list */
 	if (allow_tip_sha1_in_want) {
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_sought; i++) {
+			unsigned char sha1[20];
+
 			ref = sought[i];
 			if (ref->matched)
 				continue;
-			if (get_sha1_hex(ref->name, ref->old_sha1))
+			if (get_sha1_hex(ref->name, sha1) ||
+			    ref->name[40] != '\0' ||
+			    hashcmp(sha1, ref->old_sha1))
 				continue;
 
 			ref->matched = 1;