diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 597b41b822..eb066db6d8 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -507,9 +507,15 @@ static int check_repository_format_gently(const char *gitdir, struct repository_
 		die("%s", err.buf);
 	}
 
-	repository_format_precious_objects = candidate->precious_objects;
-	set_repository_format_partial_clone(candidate->partial_clone);
-	repository_format_worktree_config = candidate->worktree_config;
+	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;
+	}
 	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 16ad000382..463dc3a8be 100755
--- a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ 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' '
+	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 &&
+	test_must_fail git -C client fetch --unshallow --filter="blob:none"
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'missing reflog object, but promised by a commit, passes fsck' '
 	rm -rf repo &&
 	test_create_repo repo &&