diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 9e0b2b45ca..f5f902cce1 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -924,9 +924,6 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		option_bare = 1;
 
 	if (option_bare) {
-		if (option_origin)
-			die(_("options '%s' and '%s %s' cannot be used together"),
-			    "--bare", "--origin", option_origin);
 		if (real_git_dir)
 			die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--bare", "--separate-git-dir");
 		option_no_checkout = 1;
diff --git a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
index 8f676d6b0c..0000c9f17f 100755
--- a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ test_expect_success 'rejects invalid -o/--origin' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'disallows --bare with --origin' '
+test_expect_success 'clone --bare -o' '
 
-	test_must_fail git clone -o foo --bare parent clone-bare-o 2>err &&
-	test_debug "cat err" &&
-	test_i18ngrep -e "options .--bare. and .--origin foo. cannot be used together" err
+	git clone -o foo --bare parent clone-bare-o &&
+	(cd parent && pwd) >expect &&
+	git -C clone-bare-o config remote.foo.url >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
 
 '