diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index b49f5fe797a28d..aa694204d8b313 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static int keep_unreachable, unpack_unreachable, include_tag;
 static timestamp_t unpack_unreachable_expiration;
 static int pack_loose_unreachable;
 static int cruft;
+static int shallow = 0;
 static timestamp_t cruft_expiration;
 static int local;
 static int have_non_local_packs;
@@ -4438,6 +4439,7 @@ static void get_object_list_path_walk(struct rev_info *revs)
 	 * base objects.
 	 */
 	info.prune_all_uninteresting = sparse;
+	info.edge_aggressive = shallow;
 
 	if (walk_objects_by_path(&info))
 		die(_("failed to pack objects via path-walk"));
@@ -4627,7 +4629,6 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 		     struct repository *repo UNUSED)
 {
 	int use_internal_rev_list = 0;
-	int shallow = 0;
 	int all_progress_implied = 0;
 	struct strvec rp = STRVEC_INIT;
 	int rev_list_unpacked = 0, rev_list_all = 0, rev_list_reflog = 0;
@@ -4812,10 +4813,6 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 		warning(_("cannot use delta islands with --path-walk"));
 		path_walk = 0;
 	}
-	if (path_walk && shallow) {
-		warning(_("cannot use --shallow with --path-walk"));
-		path_walk = 0;
-	}
 	if (path_walk) {
 		strvec_push(&rp, "--boundary");
 		 /*
diff --git a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
index 6adc3a20a45b77..5a71ab92ae1ce1 100755
--- a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
@@ -124,4 +124,17 @@ EOF
 	git cat-file blob $(echo 1|git hash-object --stdin) >/dev/null
 	)
 '
+
+test_expect_success 'push new commit from shallow clone has correct object count' '
+	git init origin &&
+	test_commit -C origin a &&
+	test_commit -C origin b &&
+
+	git clone --depth=1 "file://$(pwd)/origin" client &&
+	git -C client checkout -b topic &&
+	git -C client commit --allow-empty -m "empty" &&
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git -C client push --progress origin topic 2>err &&
+	test_grep "Enumerating objects: 1, done." err
+'
+
 test_done