diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 2df3bb21c4aff3863844a0f679d257efa48e68b5..7cb479c5e1b21e4b0de936ced57981e0bf804b0c 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
 
                 changes.sort()
             else:
-                if not self.p4BranchesInGit:
+                if not isinstance(self, P4Clone) and not self.p4BranchesInGit:
                     die("No remote p4 branches.  Perhaps you never did \"git p4 clone\" in here.");
                 if self.verbose:
                     print "Getting p4 changes for %s...%s" % (', '.join(self.depotPaths),
diff --git a/t/t9800-git-p4.sh b/t/t9800-git-p4.sh
index 1969e6b9d365820044bab1d646dd5050c3ff5171..abe7c64ba9ca8442f4c50d15fffeefd6bba02b5f 100755
--- a/t/t9800-git-p4.sh
+++ b/t/t9800-git-p4.sh
@@ -37,11 +37,27 @@ test_expect_success 'add p4 files' '
 	echo file1 >file1 &&
 	p4 add file1 &&
 	p4 submit -d "file1" &&
+	echo file2 >file2 &&
+	p4 add file2 &&
+	p4 submit -d "file2" &&
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'basic git-p4 clone' '
 	"$GITP4" clone --dest="$git" //depot &&
+	cd "$git" &&
+	git log --oneline >lines &&
+	test_line_count = 1 lines &&
+	cd .. &&
+	rm -rf "$git" && mkdir "$git"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git-p4 clone @all' '
+	"$GITP4" clone --dest="$git" //depot@all &&
+	cd "$git" &&
+	git log --oneline >lines &&
+	test_line_count = 2 lines &&
+	cd .. &&
 	rm -rf "$git" && mkdir "$git"
 '