diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index b59f5d895e..3eb86e0693 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 			fixup_pack_header_footer(fd, sha1, pack_tmp_name,
 						 nr_written, sha1, offset);
 			close(fd);
+			write_bitmap_index = 0;
 		}
 
 		if (!pack_to_stdout) {
diff --git a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
index 0580258c91..6003490192 100755
--- a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -170,4 +170,13 @@ test_expect_success JGIT 'jgit can read our bitmaps' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'splitting packs does not generate bogus bitmaps' '
+	test-genrandom foo $((1024 * 1024)) >rand &&
+	git add rand &&
+	git commit -m "commit with big file" &&
+	git -c pack.packSizeLimit=500k repack -adb &&
+	git init --bare no-bitmaps.git &&
+	git -C no-bitmaps.git fetch .. HEAD
+'
+
 test_done