diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 008b25d3db0872..6274a524247ade 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ 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;
 
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ static int everything_local(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				cutoff = commit->date;
 		}
 	}
+	enable_fscache(0);
 
 	if (!args->deepen) {
 		for_each_ref(mark_complete_oid, NULL);