diff --git a/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh b/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh
index 2a0fb15cf17525..b7a3fdf02dfb40 100755
--- a/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh
+++ b/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh
@@ -83,4 +83,15 @@ test_expect_success 'failed bundle creation does not leave cruft' '
 	test_path_is_missing fail.bundle.lock
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch SHA-1 from bundle' '
+	test_create_repo foo &&
+	test_commit -C foo x &&
+	git -C foo bundle create tip.bundle -1 master &&
+	git -C foo rev-parse HEAD >hash &&
+
+	# Exercise to ensure that fetching a SHA-1 from a bundle works with no
+	# errors
+	git fetch --no-tags foo/tip.bundle "$(cat hash)"
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index fbddd0aea93408..ae9175cedfb2b5 100755
--- a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -631,6 +631,19 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with http:// using protocol v2' '
 	grep "git< version 2" log
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch with http:// by hash without tag following with protocol v2 does not list refs' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	test_commit -C "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/http_parent" two_a &&
+	git -C "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/http_parent" rev-parse two_a >two_a_hash &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" git -C http_child -c protocol.version=2 \
+		fetch --no-tags origin $(cat two_a_hash) &&
+
+	grep "fetch< version 2" log &&
+	! grep "fetch> command=ls-refs" log
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'fetch from namespaced repo respects namespaces' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
 
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 31691117725aca..9e1279b928bb3e 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ struct helper_data {
 		check_connectivity : 1,
 		no_disconnect_req : 1,
 		no_private_update : 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * As an optimization, the transport code may invoke fetch before
+	 * get_refs_list. If this happens, and if the transport helper doesn't
+	 * support connect or stateless_connect, we need to invoke
+	 * get_refs_list ourselves if we haven't already done so. Keep track of
+	 * whether we have invoked get_refs_list.
+	 */
+	unsigned get_refs_list_called : 1;
+
 	char *export_marks;
 	char *import_marks;
 	/* These go from remote name (as in "list") to private name */
@@ -652,17 +662,25 @@ static int connect_helper(struct transport *transport, const char *name,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct ref *get_refs_list_using_list(struct transport *transport,
+					    int for_push);
+
 static int fetch(struct transport *transport,
 		 int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
 {
 	struct helper_data *data = transport->data;
 	int i, count;
 
+	get_helper(transport);
+
 	if (process_connect(transport, 0)) {
 		do_take_over(transport);
 		return transport->vtable->fetch(transport, nr_heads, to_fetch);
 	}
 
+	if (!data->get_refs_list_called)
+		get_refs_list_using_list(transport, 0);
+
 	count = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_heads; i++)
 		if (!(to_fetch[i]->status & REF_STATUS_UPTODATE))
@@ -1054,6 +1072,19 @@ static int has_attribute(const char *attrs, const char *attr)
 
 static struct ref *get_refs_list(struct transport *transport, int for_push,
 				 const struct argv_array *ref_prefixes)
+{
+	get_helper(transport);
+
+	if (process_connect(transport, for_push)) {
+		do_take_over(transport);
+		return transport->vtable->get_refs_list(transport, for_push, ref_prefixes);
+	}
+
+	return get_refs_list_using_list(transport, for_push);
+}
+
+static struct ref *get_refs_list_using_list(struct transport *transport,
+					    int for_push)
 {
 	struct helper_data *data = transport->data;
 	struct child_process *helper;
@@ -1062,13 +1093,9 @@ static struct ref *get_refs_list(struct transport *transport, int for_push,
 	struct ref *posn;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
+	data->get_refs_list_called = 1;
 	helper = get_helper(transport);
 
-	if (process_connect(transport, for_push)) {
-		do_take_over(transport);
-		return transport->vtable->get_refs_list(transport, for_push, ref_prefixes);
-	}
-
 	if (data->push && for_push)
 		write_str_in_full(helper->in, "list for-push\n");
 	else
@@ -1115,7 +1142,6 @@ static struct ref *get_refs_list(struct transport *transport, int for_push,
 }
 
 static struct transport_vtable vtable = {
-	0,
 	set_helper_option,
 	get_refs_list,
 	fetch,
diff --git a/transport-internal.h b/transport-internal.h
index 004bee5e368f24..1cde6258a73bcf 100644
--- a/transport-internal.h
+++ b/transport-internal.h
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ struct transport;
 struct argv_array;
 
 struct transport_vtable {
-	/**
-	 * This transport supports the fetch() function being called
-	 * without get_refs_list() first being called.
-	 */
-	unsigned fetch_without_list : 1;
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns 0 if successful, positive if the option is not
 	 * recognized or is inapplicable, and negative if the option
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 6324cfc482c2ca..ae558af94414bf 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static void set_upstreams(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs,
 struct bundle_transport_data {
 	int fd;
 	struct bundle_header header;
+	unsigned get_refs_from_bundle_called : 1;
 };
 
 static struct ref *get_refs_from_bundle(struct transport *transport,
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ static struct ref *get_refs_from_bundle(struct transport *transport,
 	if (for_push)
 		return NULL;
 
+	data->get_refs_from_bundle_called = 1;
+
 	if (data->fd > 0)
 		close(data->fd);
 	data->fd = read_bundle_header(transport->url, &data->header);
@@ -154,6 +157,9 @@ static int fetch_refs_from_bundle(struct transport *transport,
 			       int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
 {
 	struct bundle_transport_data *data = transport->data;
+
+	if (!data->get_refs_from_bundle_called)
+		get_refs_from_bundle(transport, 0, NULL);
 	return unbundle(the_repository, &data->header, data->fd,
 			transport->progress ? BUNDLE_VERBOSE : 0);
 }
@@ -743,7 +749,6 @@ static int disconnect_git(struct transport *transport)
 }
 
 static struct transport_vtable taken_over_vtable = {
-	1,
 	NULL,
 	get_refs_via_connect,
 	fetch_refs_via_pack,
@@ -893,7 +898,6 @@ void transport_check_allowed(const char *type)
 }
 
 static struct transport_vtable bundle_vtable = {
-	0,
 	NULL,
 	get_refs_from_bundle,
 	fetch_refs_from_bundle,
@@ -903,7 +907,6 @@ static struct transport_vtable bundle_vtable = {
 };
 
 static struct transport_vtable builtin_smart_vtable = {
-	1,
 	NULL,
 	get_refs_via_connect,
 	fetch_refs_via_pack,
@@ -1286,15 +1289,6 @@ int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs)
 	struct ref **heads = NULL;
 	struct ref *rm;
 
-	if (!transport->vtable->fetch_without_list)
-		/*
-		 * Some transports (e.g. the built-in bundle transport and the
-		 * transport helper interface) do not work when fetching is
-		 * done immediately after transport creation. List the remote
-		 * refs anyway (if not already listed) as a workaround.
-		 */
-		transport_get_remote_refs(transport, NULL);
-
 	for (rm = refs; rm; rm = rm->next) {
 		nr_refs++;
 		if (rm->peer_ref &&