diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index c338910b1c..1c1d729117 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -600,8 +600,10 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		option_no_checkout = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (transport)
+	if (transport) {
 		transport_unlock_pack(transport);
+		transport_disconnect(transport);
+	}
 
 	if (!option_no_checkout) {
 		struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index 44793f2eee..c3ffc8f15c 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -149,11 +149,13 @@ test_expect_success 'clone a void' '
 	(
 		cd src-0 && git init
 	) &&
-	git clone src-0 target-6 &&
+	git clone "file://$(pwd)/src-0" target-6 2>err-6 &&
+	! grep "fatal:" err-6 &&
 	(
 		cd src-0 && test_commit A
 	) &&
-	git clone src-0 target-7 &&
+	git clone "file://$(pwd)/src-0" target-7 2>err-7 &&
+	! grep "fatal:" err-7 &&
 	# There is no reason to insist they are bit-for-bit
 	# identical, but this test should suffice for now.
 	test_cmp target-6/.git/config target-7/.git/config