diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index a320ce9872..91971c3550 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ static int everything_local(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 
 	save_commit_buffer = 0;
 
+	enable_fscache(1);
 	for (ref = *refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		struct object *o;
 		unsigned int flags = OBJECT_INFO_QUICK;
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ static int everything_local(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				cutoff = commit->date;
 		}
 	}
+	enable_fscache(0);
 
 	oidset_clear(&loose_oid_set);