diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs b/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs
index 2bfde79418b..2763244bb30 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs
@@ -151,30 +151,16 @@ impl GitDatabase {
         dest: &Path,
         cargo_config: &Config,
     ) -> CargoResult<GitCheckout<'_>> {
-        let mut checkout = None;
-        if let Ok(repo) = git2::Repository::open(dest) {
-            let mut co = GitCheckout::new(dest, self, rev, repo);
-            if !co.is_fresh() {
-                // After a successful fetch operation the subsequent reset can
-                // fail sometimes for corrupt repositories where the fetch
-                // operation succeeds but the object isn't actually there in one
-                // way or another. In these situations just skip the error and
-                // try blowing away the whole repository and trying with a
-                // clone.
-                co.fetch(cargo_config)?;
-                match co.reset(cargo_config) {
-                    Ok(()) => {
-                        assert!(co.is_fresh());
-                        checkout = Some(co);
-                    }
-                    Err(e) => debug!("failed reset after fetch {:?}", e),
-                }
-            } else {
-                checkout = Some(co);
-            }
-        };
-        let checkout = match checkout {
-            Some(c) => c,
+        // If the existing checkout exists, and it is fresh, use it.
+        // A non-fresh checkout can happen if the checkout operation was
+        // interrupted. In that case, the checkout gets deleted and a new
+        // clone is created.
+        let checkout = match git2::Repository::open(dest)
+            .ok()
+            .map(|repo| GitCheckout::new(dest, self, rev, repo))
+            .filter(|co| co.is_fresh())
+        {
+            Some(co) => co,
             None => GitCheckout::clone_into(dest, self, rev, cargo_config)?,
         };
         checkout.update_submodules(cargo_config)?;
@@ -311,14 +297,6 @@ impl<'a> GitCheckout<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn fetch(&mut self, cargo_config: &Config) -> CargoResult<()> {
-        info!("fetch {}", self.repo.path().display());
-        let url = self.database.path.into_url()?;
-        let reference = GitReference::Rev(self.revision.to_string());
-        fetch(&mut self.repo, url.as_str(), &reference, cargo_config)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     fn reset(&self, config: &Config) -> CargoResult<()> {
         // If we're interrupted while performing this reset (e.g., we die because
         // of a signal) Cargo needs to be sure to try to check out this repo
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/git.rs b/tests/testsuite/git.rs
index 96cabeed231..1197207c89c 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/git.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/git.rs
@@ -3510,3 +3510,65 @@ fn git_with_force_push() {
     amend_commit("awesome-four");
     verify("awesome-four");
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn corrupted_checkout() {
+    // Test what happens if the checkout is corrupted somehow.
+    _corrupted_checkout(false);
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn corrupted_checkout_with_cli() {
+    // Test what happens if the checkout is corrupted somehow with git cli.
+    if disable_git_cli() {
+        return;
+    }
+    _corrupted_checkout(true);
+}
+
+fn _corrupted_checkout(with_cli: bool) {
+    let git_project = git::new("dep1", |project| {
+        project
+            .file("Cargo.toml", &basic_manifest("dep1", "0.5.0"))
+            .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+    });
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            &format!(
+                r#"
+                    [package]
+                    name = "foo"
+                    version = "0.1.0"
+
+                    [dependencies]
+                    dep1 = {{ git = "{}" }}
+                "#,
+                git_project.url()
+            ),
+        )
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("fetch").run();
+
+    let mut paths = t!(glob::glob(
+        paths::home()
+            .join(".cargo/git/checkouts/dep1-*/*")
+            .to_str()
+            .unwrap()
+    ));
+    let path = paths.next().unwrap().unwrap();
+    let ok = path.join(".cargo-ok");
+
+    // Deleting this file simulates an interrupted checkout.
+    t!(fs::remove_file(&ok));
+
+    // This should refresh the checkout.
+    let mut e = p.cargo("fetch");
+    if with_cli {
+        e.env("CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI", "true");
+    }
+    e.run();
+    assert!(ok.exists());
+}