diff --git a/src/odb_pack.c b/src/odb_pack.c
index eec79259b..43880612a 100644
--- a/src/odb_pack.c
+++ b/src/odb_pack.c
@@ -259,23 +259,26 @@ static int pack_entry_find(struct git_pack_entry *e, struct pack_backend *backen
 	return git_odb__error_notfound("failed to find pack entry", oid);
 }
 
-static unsigned pack_entry_find_prefix_inner(
-		struct git_pack_entry *e,
-		struct pack_backend *backend,
-		const git_oid *short_oid,
-		size_t len,
-		struct git_pack_file *last_found)
+static int pack_entry_find_prefix(
+	struct git_pack_entry *e,
+	struct pack_backend *backend,
+	const git_oid *short_oid,
+	size_t len)
 {
 	int error;
 	size_t i;
-	unsigned found = 0;
+	git_oid found_full_oid = {{0}};
+	bool found = false;
+	struct git_pack_file *last_found = backend->last_found;
 
 	if (last_found) {
 		error = git_pack_entry_find(e, last_found, short_oid, len);
 		if (error == GIT_EAMBIGUOUS)
 			return error;
-		if (!error)
-			found = 1;
+		if (!error) {
+			git_oid_cpy(&found_full_oid, &e->sha1);
+			found = true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < backend->packs.length; ++i) {
@@ -289,28 +292,16 @@ static unsigned pack_entry_find_prefix_inner(
 		if (error == GIT_EAMBIGUOUS)
 			return error;
 		if (!error) {
-			if (++found > 1)
-				break;
+			if (found && git_oid_cmp(&e->sha1, &found_full_oid))
+				return git_odb__error_ambiguous("found multiple pack entries");
+			git_oid_cpy(&found_full_oid, &e->sha1);
+			found = true;
 			backend->last_found = p;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return found;
-}
-
-static int pack_entry_find_prefix(
-	struct git_pack_entry *e,
-	struct pack_backend *backend,
-	const git_oid *short_oid,
-	size_t len)
-{
-	struct git_pack_file *last_found = backend->last_found;
-	unsigned int found = pack_entry_find_prefix_inner(e, backend, short_oid, len, last_found);
-
 	if (!found)
 		return git_odb__error_notfound("no matching pack entry for prefix", short_oid);
-	else if (found > 1)
-		return git_odb__error_ambiguous("found multiple pack entries");
 	else
 		return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests-clar/odb/mixed.c b/tests-clar/odb/mixed.c
index 7f7120a6e..dd4587831 100644
--- a/tests-clar/odb/mixed.c
+++ b/tests-clar/odb/mixed.c
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ void test_odb_mixed__cleanup(void)
 
 void test_odb_mixed__dup_oid(void) {
 	const char hex[] = "ce013625030ba8dba906f756967f9e9ca394464a";
+	const char short_hex[] = "ce01362";
 	git_oid oid;
 	git_odb_object *obj;
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_oid_fromstr(&oid, hex));
 	cl_git_pass(git_odb_read_prefix(&obj, _odb, &oid, GIT_OID_HEXSZ));
+	cl_git_pass(git_oid_fromstrn(&oid, short_hex, sizeof(short_hex) - 1));
+	cl_git_pass(git_odb_read_prefix(&obj, _odb, &oid, sizeof(short_hex) - 1));
 	git_odb_object_free(obj);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/info/packs b/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/info/packs
index 3696a7d36..d0fdf905e 100644
--- a/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/info/packs
+++ b/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/info/packs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 P pack-e87994ad581c9af946de0eb890175c08cd005f38.pack
+P pack-f4ef1aa326265de7d05018ee51acc0a8717fe1ea.pack
 
diff --git a/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/pack/pack-f4ef1aa326265de7d05018ee51acc0a8717fe1ea.idx b/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/pack/pack-f4ef1aa326265de7d05018ee51acc0a8717fe1ea.idx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f78f6e0f
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/pack/pack-f4ef1aa326265de7d05018ee51acc0a8717fe1ea.idx differ
diff --git a/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/pack/pack-f4ef1aa326265de7d05018ee51acc0a8717fe1ea.pack b/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/pack/pack-f4ef1aa326265de7d05018ee51acc0a8717fe1ea.pack
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1dd3b61a
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests-clar/resources/duplicate.git/objects/pack/pack-f4ef1aa326265de7d05018ee51acc0a8717fe1ea.pack differ