if (!option_branch)
                        remote_head = guess_remote_head(head, refs, 0);
-               else
-                       remote_head = find_remote_branch(refs, option_branch);
+               else {
+                       local_refs = NULL;
+                       tail = &local_refs;
+                       remote_head = copy_ref(find_remote_branch(refs, option_branch));
+               }
 
                if (!remote_head && option_branch)
                        warning(_("Could not find remote branch %s to clone."),
 
        test_cmp expected count.singlebranch
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'single given branch clone' '
+       git clone --single-branch --branch A "file://$(pwd)/." branch-a &&
+       test_must_fail git --git-dir=branch-a/.git rev-parse origin/B
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone shallow' '
        git clone --no-single-branch --depth 2 "file://$(pwd)/." shallow
 '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'clone shallow object count' '
-       echo "in-pack: 12" > count3.expected &&
+       echo "in-pack: 6" > count3.expected &&
        GIT_DIR=shallow3/.git git count-objects -v |
                grep "^in-pack" > count3.actual &&
        test_cmp count3.expected count3.actual