diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 5857d860dbf64a7d3e32e7b5b6e4eaec6f07a6c3..04fa2ad9792dbc46476d03690ccd02d6b13914b4 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,18 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 			retcode = 1;
 	}
 
+	transport_get_remote_bundle_uri(transport);
+
+	if (transport->bundles &&
+	    hashmap_get_size(&transport->bundles->bundles)) {
+		if (fetch_bundle_list(the_repository,
+					   transport->bundles))
+			warning(_("failed to fetch advertised bundles"));
+	} else {
+		clear_bundle_list(transport->bundles);
+		FREE_AND_NULL(transport->bundles);
+	}
+
 	if (fetch_and_consume_refs(&display_state, transport, transaction, ref_map,
 				   &fetch_head, config)) {
 		retcode = 1;