diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index c0e3086437ced05d1b81d4098e3a4c7c3031b0ee..f44eceab3a31ba38baaa5cbec366e69a989183d2 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	path = get_repo_path(repo_name, &is_bundle);
 	if (path)
-		repo = path;
+		repo = xstrdup(make_nonrelative_path(repo_name));
 	else if (!strchr(repo_name, ':'))
 		repo = xstrdup(make_absolute_path(repo_name));
 	else
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index be9ee9326fc4590dcc875e31b6cf64b800451bc5..c4496635dfba85b0e9fc105c4516096d433881a4 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remove remote' '
 
 cat > test/expect << EOF
 * remote origin
-  URL: $(pwd)/one/.git
+  URL: $(pwd)/one
   Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch master
     master
   New remote branch (next fetch will store in remotes/origin)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ test_expect_success 'show' '
 
 cat > test/expect << EOF
 * remote origin
-  URL: $(pwd)/one/.git
+  URL: $(pwd)/one
   Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch master
     master
   Tracked remote branches
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ test_expect_success 'prune' '
 
 cat > test/expect << EOF
 Pruning origin
-URL: $(pwd)/one/.git
+URL: $(pwd)/one
  * [would prune] origin/side2
 EOF