diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index a181d3401d..bb8eac8126 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -573,9 +573,14 @@ static void filter_refs(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 		next = ref->next;
 
 		if (starts_with(ref->name, "refs/") &&
-		    check_refname_format(ref->name, 0))
-			; /* trash */
-		else {
+		    check_refname_format(ref->name, 0)) {
+			/*
+			 * trash or a peeled value; do not even add it to
+			 * unmatched list
+			 */
+			free_one_ref(ref);
+			continue;
+		} else {
 			while (i < nr_sought) {
 				int cmp = strcmp(ref->name, sought[i]->name);
 				if (cmp < 0)
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 98ef71b48c..4f065212b8 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -1273,6 +1273,17 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch follows tags by default' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'peeled advertisements are not considered ref tips' '
+	mk_empty testrepo &&
+	git -C testrepo commit --allow-empty -m one &&
+	git -C testrepo commit --allow-empty -m two &&
+	git -C testrepo tag -m foo mytag HEAD^ &&
+	oid=$(git -C testrepo rev-parse mytag^{commit}) &&
+	test_must_fail env GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION= \
+		git fetch testrepo $oid 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "Server does not allow request for unadvertised object" err
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'pushing a specific ref applies remote.$name.push as refmap' '
 	mk_test testrepo heads/master &&
 	rm -fr src dst &&