diff --git a/ls-refs.c b/ls-refs.c
index a06f12eca8..7782bb054b 100644
--- a/ls-refs.c
+++ b/ls-refs.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int send_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 	const char *refname_nons = strip_namespace(refname);
 	struct strbuf refline = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	if (!ref_match(&data->prefixes, refname))
+	if (!ref_match(&data->prefixes, refname_nons))
 		return 0;
 
 	strbuf_addf(&refline, "%s %s", oid_to_hex(oid), refname_nons);
diff --git a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index 0f2b09ebb8..3d802aa587 100755
--- a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -514,6 +514,27 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with http:// using protocol v2' '
 	grep "git< version 2" log
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch from namespaced repo respects namespaces' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	git init "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/nsrepo" &&
+	test_commit -C "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/nsrepo" one &&
+	test_commit -C "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/nsrepo" two &&
+	git -C "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/nsrepo" \
+		update-ref refs/namespaces/ns/refs/heads/master one &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" git -C http_child -c protocol.version=2 \
+		fetch "$HTTPD_URL/smart_namespace/nsrepo" \
+		refs/heads/master:refs/heads/theirs &&
+
+	# Server responded using protocol v2
+	grep "fetch< version 2" log &&
+
+	git -C "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/nsrepo" rev-parse one >expect &&
+	git -C http_child rev-parse theirs >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'push with http:// and a config of v2 does not request v2' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
 	# Till v2 for push is designed, make sure that if a client has