diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index eb066db6d8..597b41b822 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -507,15 +507,9 @@ static int check_repository_format_gently(const char *gitdir, struct repository_
 		die("%s", err.buf);
 	}
 
-	if (candidate->version >= 1) {
-		repository_format_precious_objects = candidate->precious_objects;
-		set_repository_format_partial_clone(candidate->partial_clone);
-		repository_format_worktree_config = candidate->worktree_config;
-	} else {
-		repository_format_precious_objects = 0;
-		set_repository_format_partial_clone(NULL);
-		repository_format_worktree_config = 0;
-	}
+	repository_format_precious_objects = candidate->precious_objects;
+	set_repository_format_partial_clone(candidate->partial_clone);
+	repository_format_worktree_config = candidate->worktree_config;
 	string_list_clear(&candidate->unknown_extensions, 0);
 
 	if (repository_format_worktree_config) {
diff --git a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
index 463dc3a8be..51d1eba605 100755
--- a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
@@ -42,14 +42,25 @@ test_expect_success 'convert shallow clone to partial clone' '
 	test_cmp_config -C client 1 core.repositoryformatversion
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'convert shallow clone to partial clone must fail with any extension' '
+test_expect_success 'converting to partial clone fails with noop extension' '
 	rm -fr server client &&
 	test_create_repo server &&
 	test_commit -C server my_commit 1 &&
 	test_commit -C server my_commit2 1 &&
 	git clone --depth=1 "file://$(pwd)/server" client &&
 	test_cmp_config -C client 0 core.repositoryformatversion &&
-	git -C client config extensions.partialclone origin &&
+	git -C client config extensions.noop true &&
+	test_must_fail git -C client fetch --unshallow --filter="blob:none"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'converting to partial clone fails with unrecognized extension' '
+	rm -fr server client &&
+	test_create_repo server &&
+	test_commit -C server my_commit 1 &&
+	test_commit -C server my_commit2 1 &&
+	git clone --depth=1 "file://$(pwd)/server" client &&
+	test_cmp_config -C client 0 core.repositoryformatversion &&
+	git -C client config extensions.nonsense true &&
 	test_must_fail git -C client fetch --unshallow --filter="blob:none"
 '