diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 89fcd36a80..b5833550ca 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -2153,11 +2153,11 @@ static int fetch_and_setup_pack_index(struct packed_git **packs_head,
 int http_get_info_packs(const char *base_url, struct packed_git **packs_head)
 {
 	struct http_get_options options = {0};
-	int ret = 0, i = 0;
-	char *url, *data;
+	int ret = 0;
+	char *url;
+	const char *data;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-	unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
-	const unsigned hexsz = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
+	struct object_id oid;
 
 	end_url_with_slash(&buf, base_url);
 	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "objects/info/packs");
@@ -2169,24 +2169,17 @@ int http_get_info_packs(const char *base_url, struct packed_git **packs_head)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	data = buf.buf;
-	while (i < buf.len) {
-		switch (data[i]) {
-		case 'P':
-			i++;
-			if (i + hexsz + 12 <= buf.len &&
-			    starts_with(data + i, " pack-") &&
-			    starts_with(data + i + hexsz + 6, ".pack\n")) {
-				get_sha1_hex(data + i + 6, hash);
-				fetch_and_setup_pack_index(packs_head, hash,
-						      base_url);
-				i += hexsz + 11;
-				break;
-			}
-		default:
-			while (i < buf.len && data[i] != '\n')
-				i++;
+	while (*data) {
+		if (skip_prefix(data, "P pack-", &data) &&
+		    !parse_oid_hex(data, &oid, &data) &&
+		    skip_prefix(data, ".pack", &data) &&
+		    (*data == '\n' || *data == '\0')) {
+			fetch_and_setup_pack_index(packs_head, oid.hash, base_url);
+		} else {
+			data = strchrnul(data, '\n');
 		}
-		i++;
+		if (*data)
+			data++; /* skip past newline */
 	}
 
 cleanup:
diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index f1137eb6ee..d5d2e9522f 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -311,7 +311,39 @@ int fill_midx_entry(const struct object_id *oid, struct pack_entry *e, struct mu
 	return nth_midxed_pack_entry(m, e, pos);
 }
 
-int midx_contains_pack(struct multi_pack_index *m, const char *idx_name)
+/* Match "foo.idx" against either "foo.pack" _or_ "foo.idx". */
+static int cmp_idx_or_pack_name(const char *idx_or_pack_name,
+				const char *idx_name)
+{
+	/* Skip past any initial matching prefix. */
+	while (*idx_name && *idx_name == *idx_or_pack_name) {
+		idx_name++;
+		idx_or_pack_name++;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we didn't match completely, we may have matched "pack-1234." and
+	 * be left with "idx" and "pack" respectively, which is also OK. We do
+	 * not have to check for "idx" and "idx", because that would have been
+	 * a complete match (and in that case these strcmps will be false, but
+	 * we'll correctly return 0 from the final strcmp() below.
+	 *
+	 * Technically this matches "fooidx" and "foopack", but we'd never have
+	 * such names in the first place.
+	 */
+	if (!strcmp(idx_name, "idx") && !strcmp(idx_or_pack_name, "pack"))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * This not only checks for a complete match, but also orders based on
+	 * the first non-identical character, which means our ordering will
+	 * match a raw strcmp(). That makes it OK to use this to binary search
+	 * a naively-sorted list.
+	 */
+	return strcmp(idx_or_pack_name, idx_name);
+}
+
+int midx_contains_pack(struct multi_pack_index *m, const char *idx_or_pack_name)
 {
 	uint32_t first = 0, last = m->num_packs;
 
@@ -321,7 +353,7 @@ int midx_contains_pack(struct multi_pack_index *m, const char *idx_name)
 		int cmp;
 
 		current = m->pack_names[mid];
-		cmp = strcmp(idx_name, current);
+		cmp = cmp_idx_or_pack_name(idx_or_pack_name, current);
 		if (!cmp)
 			return 1;
 		if (cmp > 0) {
diff --git a/midx.h b/midx.h
index 774f652530..26dd042d63 100644
--- a/midx.h
+++ b/midx.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct object_id *nth_midxed_object_oid(struct object_id *oid,
 					struct multi_pack_index *m,
 					uint32_t n);
 int fill_midx_entry(const struct object_id *oid, struct pack_entry *e, struct multi_pack_index *m);
-int midx_contains_pack(struct multi_pack_index *m, const char *idx_name);
+int midx_contains_pack(struct multi_pack_index *m, const char *idx_or_pack_name);
 int prepare_multi_pack_index_one(struct repository *r, const char *object_dir, int local);
 
 int write_midx_file(const char *object_dir);
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index 4695aaf6b4..3960ad94c8 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ static int load_pack_bitmap(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git)
 
 	bitmap_git->bitmaps = kh_init_sha1();
 	bitmap_git->ext_index.positions = kh_init_sha1_pos();
-	load_pack_revindex(bitmap_git->pack);
+	if (load_pack_revindex(bitmap_git->pack))
+		goto failed;
 
 	if (!(bitmap_git->commits = read_bitmap_1(bitmap_git)) ||
 		!(bitmap_git->trees = read_bitmap_1(bitmap_git)) ||
diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
index 50891f77a2..d28a7e43d0 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.c
+++ b/pack-revindex.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "pack-revindex.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
+#include "packfile.h"
 
 /*
  * Pack index for existing packs give us easy access to the offsets into
@@ -158,10 +159,14 @@ static void create_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p)
 	sort_revindex(p->revindex, num_ent, p->pack_size);
 }
 
-void load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p)
+int load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p)
 {
-	if (!p->revindex)
+	if (!p->revindex) {
+		if (open_pack_index(p))
+			return -1;
 		create_pack_revindex(p);
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int find_revindex_position(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs)
@@ -188,7 +193,9 @@ struct revindex_entry *find_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs)
 {
 	int pos;
 
-	load_pack_revindex(p);
+	if (load_pack_revindex(p))
+		return NULL;
+
 	pos = find_revindex_position(p, ofs);
 
 	if (pos < 0)
diff --git a/pack-revindex.h b/pack-revindex.h
index e262f3efe8..848331d5d6 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.h
+++ b/pack-revindex.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ struct revindex_entry {
 	unsigned int nr;
 };
 
-void load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p);
+int load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p);
 int find_revindex_position(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs);
 
 struct revindex_entry *find_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs);
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index d2bcb2f860..b5ec0eeddd 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -466,6 +466,16 @@ static unsigned int get_max_fd_limit(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+const char *pack_basename(struct packed_git *p)
+{
+	const char *ret = strrchr(p->pack_name, '/');
+	if (ret)
+		ret = ret + 1; /* skip past slash */
+	else
+		ret = p->pack_name; /* we only have a base */
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Do not call this directly as this leaks p->pack_fd on error return;
  * call open_packed_git() instead.
@@ -482,7 +492,7 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
 
 	if (!p->index_data) {
 		struct multi_pack_index *m;
-		const char *pack_name = strrchr(p->pack_name, '/');
+		const char *pack_name = pack_basename(p);
 
 		for (m = the_repository->objects->multi_pack_index;
 		     m; m = m->next) {
@@ -2023,8 +2033,10 @@ int for_each_object_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
 	uint32_t i;
 	int r = 0;
 
-	if (flags & FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER)
-		load_pack_revindex(p);
+	if (flags & FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER) {
+		if (load_pack_revindex(p))
+			return -1;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < p->num_objects; i++) {
 		uint32_t pos;
diff --git a/packfile.h b/packfile.h
index b1c18504eb..12baa6118a 100644
--- a/packfile.h
+++ b/packfile.h
@@ -15,23 +15,29 @@ struct object_info;
  *
  * Example: odb_pack_name(out, sha1, "idx") => ".git/objects/pack/pack-1234..idx"
  */
-extern char *odb_pack_name(struct strbuf *buf, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *ext);
+char *odb_pack_name(struct strbuf *buf, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *ext);
 
 /*
  * Return the name of the (local) packfile with the specified sha1 in
  * its name.  The return value is a pointer to memory that is
  * overwritten each time this function is called.
  */
-extern char *sha1_pack_name(const unsigned char *sha1);
+char *sha1_pack_name(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
 /*
  * Return the name of the (local) pack index file with the specified
  * sha1 in its name.  The return value is a pointer to memory that is
  * overwritten each time this function is called.
  */
-extern char *sha1_pack_index_name(const unsigned char *sha1);
+char *sha1_pack_index_name(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
-extern struct packed_git *parse_pack_index(unsigned char *sha1, const char *idx_path);
+/*
+ * Return the basename of the packfile, omitting any containing directory
+ * (e.g., "pack-1234abcd[...].pack").
+ */
+const char *pack_basename(struct packed_git *p);
+
+struct packed_git *parse_pack_index(unsigned char *sha1, const char *idx_path);
 
 typedef void each_file_in_pack_dir_fn(const char *full_path, size_t full_path_len,
 				      const char *file_pach, void *data);
@@ -45,8 +51,8 @@ void for_each_file_in_pack_dir(const char *objdir,
 #define PACKDIR_FILE_GARBAGE 4
 extern void (*report_garbage)(unsigned seen_bits, const char *path);
 
-extern void reprepare_packed_git(struct repository *r);
-extern void install_packed_git(struct repository *r, struct packed_git *pack);
+void reprepare_packed_git(struct repository *r);
+void install_packed_git(struct repository *r, struct packed_git *pack);
 
 struct packed_git *get_packed_git(struct repository *r);
 struct list_head *get_packed_git_mru(struct repository *r);
@@ -59,34 +65,34 @@ struct packed_git *get_all_packs(struct repository *r);
  */
 unsigned long approximate_object_count(void);
 
-extern struct packed_git *find_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1,
-					 struct packed_git *packs);
+struct packed_git *find_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1,
+				  struct packed_git *packs);
 
-extern void pack_report(void);
+void pack_report(void);
 
 /*
  * mmap the index file for the specified packfile (if it is not
  * already mmapped).  Return 0 on success.
  */
-extern int open_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
+int open_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
 
 /*
  * munmap the index file for the specified packfile (if it is
  * currently mmapped).
  */
-extern void close_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
+void close_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
 
 int close_pack_fd(struct packed_git *p);
 
-extern uint32_t get_pack_fanout(struct packed_git *p, uint32_t value);
+uint32_t get_pack_fanout(struct packed_git *p, uint32_t value);
 
-extern unsigned char *use_pack(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t, unsigned long *);
-extern void close_pack_windows(struct packed_git *);
-extern void close_pack(struct packed_git *);
-extern void close_all_packs(struct raw_object_store *o);
-extern void unuse_pack(struct pack_window **);
-extern void clear_delta_base_cache(void);
-extern struct packed_git *add_packed_git(const char *path, size_t path_len, int local);
+unsigned char *use_pack(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t, unsigned long *);
+void close_pack_windows(struct packed_git *);
+void close_pack(struct packed_git *);
+void close_all_packs(struct raw_object_store *o);
+void unuse_pack(struct pack_window **);
+void clear_delta_base_cache(void);
+struct packed_git *add_packed_git(const char *path, size_t path_len, int local);
 
 /*
  * Make sure that a pointer access into an mmap'd index file is within bounds,
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ extern struct packed_git *add_packed_git(const char *path, size_t path_len, int
  * (like the 64-bit extended offset table), as we compare the size to the
  * fixed-length parts when we open the file.
  */
-extern void check_pack_index_ptr(const struct packed_git *p, const void *ptr);
+void check_pack_index_ptr(const struct packed_git *p, const void *ptr);
 
 /*
  * Perform binary search on a pack-index for a given oid. Packfile is expected to
@@ -112,59 +118,59 @@ int bsearch_pack(const struct object_id *oid, const struct packed_git *p, uint32
  * at the SHA-1 within the mmapped index.  Return NULL if there is an
  * error.
  */
-extern const unsigned char *nth_packed_object_sha1(struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
+const unsigned char *nth_packed_object_sha1(struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
 /*
  * Like nth_packed_object_sha1, but write the data into the object specified by
  * the the first argument.  Returns the first argument on success, and NULL on
  * error.
  */
-extern const struct object_id *nth_packed_object_oid(struct object_id *, struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
+const struct object_id *nth_packed_object_oid(struct object_id *, struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
 
 /*
  * Return the offset of the nth object within the specified packfile.
  * The index must already be opened.
  */
-extern off_t nth_packed_object_offset(const struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
+off_t nth_packed_object_offset(const struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
 
 /*
  * If the object named sha1 is present in the specified packfile,
  * return its offset within the packfile; otherwise, return 0.
  */
-extern off_t find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *sha1, struct packed_git *);
+off_t find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *sha1, struct packed_git *);
 
-extern int is_pack_valid(struct packed_git *);
-extern void *unpack_entry(struct repository *r, struct packed_git *, off_t, enum object_type *, unsigned long *);
-extern unsigned long unpack_object_header_buffer(const unsigned char *buf, unsigned long len, enum object_type *type, unsigned long *sizep);
-extern unsigned long get_size_from_delta(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t);
-extern int unpack_object_header(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t *, unsigned long *);
+int is_pack_valid(struct packed_git *);
+void *unpack_entry(struct repository *r, struct packed_git *, off_t, enum object_type *, unsigned long *);
+unsigned long unpack_object_header_buffer(const unsigned char *buf, unsigned long len, enum object_type *type, unsigned long *sizep);
+unsigned long get_size_from_delta(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t);
+int unpack_object_header(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t *, unsigned long *);
 
-extern void release_pack_memory(size_t);
+void release_pack_memory(size_t);
 
 /* global flag to enable extra checks when accessing packed objects */
 extern int do_check_packed_object_crc;
 
-extern int packed_object_info(struct repository *r,
-			      struct packed_git *pack,
-			      off_t offset, struct object_info *);
+int packed_object_info(struct repository *r,
+		       struct packed_git *pack,
+		       off_t offset, struct object_info *);
 
-extern void mark_bad_packed_object(struct packed_git *p, const unsigned char *sha1);
-extern const struct packed_git *has_packed_and_bad(struct repository *r, const unsigned char *sha1);
+void mark_bad_packed_object(struct packed_git *p, const unsigned char *sha1);
+const struct packed_git *has_packed_and_bad(struct repository *r, const unsigned char *sha1);
 
 /*
  * Iff a pack file in the given repository contains the object named by sha1,
  * return true and store its location to e.
  */
-extern int find_pack_entry(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid, struct pack_entry *e);
+int find_pack_entry(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid, struct pack_entry *e);
 
-extern int has_object_pack(const struct object_id *oid);
+int has_object_pack(const struct object_id *oid);
 
-extern int has_pack_index(const unsigned char *sha1);
+int has_pack_index(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
 /*
  * Return 1 if an object in a promisor packfile is or refers to the given
  * object, 0 otherwise.
  */
-extern int is_promisor_object(const struct object_id *oid);
+int is_promisor_object(const struct object_id *oid);
 
 /*
  * Expose a function for fuzz testing.
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ extern int is_promisor_object(const struct object_id *oid);
  * have a convenient entry-point for fuzz testing. For real uses, you should
  * probably use open_pack_index() or parse_pack_index() instead.
  */
-extern int load_idx(const char *path, const unsigned int hashsz, void *idx_map,
-		    size_t idx_size, struct packed_git *p);
+int load_idx(const char *path, const unsigned int hashsz, void *idx_map,
+	     size_t idx_size, struct packed_git *p);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/server-info.c b/server-info.c
index e2b2d6a27a..41274d098b 100644
--- a/server-info.c
+++ b/server-info.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int generate_info_refs(FILE *fp)
 	return for_each_ref(add_info_ref, fp);
 }
 
-static int update_info_refs(int force)
+static int update_info_refs(void)
 {
 	char *path = git_pathdup("info/refs");
 	int ret = update_info_file(path, generate_info_refs);
@@ -91,19 +91,15 @@ static struct pack_info {
 	struct packed_git *p;
 	int old_num;
 	int new_num;
-	int nr_alloc;
 } **info;
 static int num_pack;
-static const char *objdir;
-static int objdirlen;
 
 static struct pack_info *find_pack_by_name(const char *name)
 {
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pack; i++) {
 		struct packed_git *p = info[i]->p;
-		/* skip "/pack/" after ".git/objects" */
-		if (!strcmp(p->pack_name + objdirlen + 6, name))
+		if (!strcmp(pack_basename(p), name))
 			return info[i];
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -112,9 +108,9 @@ static struct pack_info *find_pack_by_name(const char *name)
 /* Returns non-zero when we detect that the info in the
  * old file is useless.
  */
-static int parse_pack_def(const char *line, int old_cnt)
+static int parse_pack_def(const char *packname, int old_cnt)
 {
-	struct pack_info *i = find_pack_by_name(line + 2);
+	struct pack_info *i = find_pack_by_name(packname);
 	if (i) {
 		i->old_num = old_cnt;
 		return 0;
@@ -131,39 +127,40 @@ static int parse_pack_def(const char *line, int old_cnt)
 static int read_pack_info_file(const char *infofile)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
-	char line[1000];
+	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int old_cnt = 0;
+	int stale = 1;
 
 	fp = fopen_or_warn(infofile, "r");
 	if (!fp)
 		return 1; /* nonexistent is not an error. */
 
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp)) {
-		int len = strlen(line);
-		if (len && line[len-1] == '\n')
-			line[--len] = 0;
+	while (strbuf_getline(&line, fp) != EOF) {
+		const char *arg;
 
-		if (!len)
+		if (!line.len)
 			continue;
 
-		switch (line[0]) {
-		case 'P': /* P name */
-			if (parse_pack_def(line, old_cnt++))
+		if (skip_prefix(line.buf, "P ", &arg)) {
+			/* P name */
+			if (parse_pack_def(arg, old_cnt++))
 				goto out_stale;
-			break;
-		case 'D': /* we used to emit D but that was misguided. */
-		case 'T': /* we used to emit T but nobody uses it. */
+		} else if (line.buf[0] == 'D') {
+			/* we used to emit D but that was misguided. */
 			goto out_stale;
-		default:
-			error("unrecognized: %s", line);
-			break;
+		} else if (line.buf[0] == 'T') {
+			/* we used to emit T but nobody uses it. */
+			goto out_stale;
+		} else {
+			error("unrecognized: %s", line.buf);
 		}
 	}
-	fclose(fp);
-	return 0;
+	stale = 0;
+
  out_stale:
+	strbuf_release(&line);
 	fclose(fp);
-	return 1;
+	return stale;
 }
 
 static int compare_info(const void *a_, const void *b_)
@@ -196,9 +193,6 @@ static void init_pack_info(const char *infofile, int force)
 	int stale;
 	int i = 0;
 
-	objdir = get_object_directory();
-	objdirlen = strlen(objdir);
-
 	for (p = get_all_packs(the_repository); p; p = p->next) {
 		/* we ignore things on alternate path since they are
 		 * not available to the pullers in general.
@@ -212,6 +206,7 @@ static void init_pack_info(const char *infofile, int force)
 	for (i = 0, p = get_all_packs(the_repository); p; p = p->next) {
 		if (!p->pack_local)
 			continue;
+		assert(i < num_pack);
 		info[i] = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct pack_info));
 		info[i]->p = p;
 		info[i]->old_num = -1;
@@ -245,7 +240,7 @@ static int write_pack_info_file(FILE *fp)
 {
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pack; i++) {
-		if (fprintf(fp, "P %s\n", info[i]->p->pack_name + objdirlen + 6) < 0)
+		if (fprintf(fp, "P %s\n", pack_basename(info[i]->p)) < 0)
 			return -1;
 	}
 	if (fputc('\n', fp) == EOF)
@@ -274,7 +269,7 @@ int update_server_info(int force)
 	 */
 	int errs = 0;
 
-	errs = errs | update_info_refs(force);
+	errs = errs | update_info_refs();
 	errs = errs | update_info_packs(force);
 
 	/* remove leftover rev-cache file if there is any */
diff --git a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
index 70926b5bc0..1ebf19ec3c 100755
--- a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
+++ b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
@@ -86,13 +86,14 @@ test_expect_success 'write midx with one v1 pack' '
 '
 
 midx_git_two_modes () {
+	git -c core.multiPackIndex=false $1 >expect &&
+	git -c core.multiPackIndex=true $1 >actual &&
 	if [ "$2" = "sorted" ]
 	then
-		git -c core.multiPackIndex=false $1 | sort >expect &&
-		git -c core.multiPackIndex=true $1 | sort >actual
-	else
-		git -c core.multiPackIndex=false $1 >expect &&
-		git -c core.multiPackIndex=true $1 >actual
+		sort <expect >expect.sorted &&
+		mv expect.sorted expect &&
+		sort <actual >actual.sorted &&
+		mv actual.sorted actual
 	fi &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 }
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ compare_results_with_midx () {
 		midx_git_two_modes "rev-list --objects --all" &&
 		midx_git_two_modes "log --raw" &&
 		midx_git_two_modes "count-objects --verbose" &&
-		midx_git_two_modes "cat-file --batch-all-objects --buffer --batch-check" &&
-		midx_git_two_modes "cat-file --batch-all-objects --buffer --batch-check --unsorted" sorted
+		midx_git_two_modes "cat-file --batch-all-objects --batch-check" &&
+		midx_git_two_modes "cat-file --batch-all-objects --batch-check --unordered" sorted
 	'
 }
 
@@ -116,6 +117,20 @@ test_expect_success 'write midx with one v2 pack' '
 
 compare_results_with_midx "one v2 pack"
 
+test_expect_success 'corrupt idx not opened' '
+	idx=$(test-tool read-midx $objdir | grep "\.idx\$") &&
+	mv $objdir/pack/$idx backup-$idx &&
+	test_when_finished "mv backup-\$idx \$objdir/pack/\$idx" &&
+
+	# This is the minimum size for a sha-1 based .idx; this lets
+	# us pass perfunctory tests, but anything that actually opens and reads
+	# the idx file will complain.
+	test_copy_bytes 1064 <backup-$idx >$objdir/pack/$idx &&
+
+	git -c core.multiPackIndex=true rev-list --objects --all 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'add more objects' '
 	for i in $(test_seq 6 10)
 	do
diff --git a/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh b/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh
index 00fc612cac..34487bbb8c 100755
--- a/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh
+++ b/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch notices corrupt pack' '
 test_expect_success 'fetch notices corrupt idx' '
 	cp -R "$GIT_DAEMON_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_pack.git "$GIT_DAEMON_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_bad2.git &&
 	(cd "$GIT_DAEMON_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_bad2.git &&
+	 rm -f objects/pack/multi-pack-index &&
 	 p=$(ls objects/pack/pack-*.idx) &&
 	 chmod u+w $p &&
 	 printf %0256d 0 | dd of=$p bs=256 count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc