diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index c77bea404d..6a1346c41f 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static const char *pack_usage[] = {
 static struct packing_data to_pack;
 
 static struct pack_idx_entry **written_list;
-static uint32_t nr_result, nr_written;
+static uint32_t nr_result, nr_written, nr_seen;
 
 static int non_empty;
 static int reuse_delta = 1, reuse_object = 1;
@@ -1096,6 +1096,8 @@ static int add_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 	off_t found_offset = 0;
 	uint32_t index_pos;
 
+	display_progress(progress_state, ++nr_seen);
+
 	if (have_duplicate_entry(oid, exclude, &index_pos))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1111,8 +1113,6 @@ static int add_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 	create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash(name),
 			    exclude, name && no_try_delta(name),
 			    index_pos, found_pack, found_offset);
-
-	display_progress(progress_state, nr_result);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1123,6 +1123,8 @@ static int add_object_entry_from_bitmap(const struct object_id *oid,
 {
 	uint32_t index_pos;
 
+	display_progress(progress_state, ++nr_seen);
+
 	if (have_duplicate_entry(oid, 0, &index_pos))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1130,8 +1132,6 @@ static int add_object_entry_from_bitmap(const struct object_id *oid,
 		return 0;
 
 	create_object_entry(oid, type, name_hash, 0, 0, index_pos, pack, offset);
-
-	display_progress(progress_state, nr_result);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1716,6 +1716,10 @@ static void get_object_details(void)
 	uint32_t i;
 	struct object_entry **sorted_by_offset;
 
+	if (progress)
+		progress_state = start_progress(_("Counting objects"),
+						to_pack.nr_objects);
+
 	sorted_by_offset = xcalloc(to_pack.nr_objects, sizeof(struct object_entry *));
 	for (i = 0; i < to_pack.nr_objects; i++)
 		sorted_by_offset[i] = to_pack.objects + i;
@@ -1726,7 +1730,9 @@ static void get_object_details(void)
 		check_object(entry);
 		if (big_file_threshold < entry->size)
 			entry->no_try_delta = 1;
+		display_progress(progress_state, i + 1);
 	}
+	stop_progress(&progress_state);
 
 	/*
 	 * This must happen in a second pass, since we rely on the delta
@@ -3209,7 +3215,7 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (progress)
-		progress_state = start_progress(_("Counting objects"), 0);
+		progress_state = start_progress(_("Enumerating objects"), 0);
 	if (!use_internal_rev_list)
 		read_object_list_from_stdin();
 	else {