diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index ab7db2be06d14c..2792d5ba6157fe 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -2649,6 +2649,7 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc,
 	if (the_repository->gitdir) {
 		prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
 		the_repository->settings.command_requires_full_index = 0;
+		the_repository->settings.command_requires_fsmonitor = 0;
 	}
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,
diff --git a/fsmonitor.c b/fsmonitor.c
index 107767527ebec7..f8dc740e5a3586 100644
--- a/fsmonitor.c
+++ b/fsmonitor.c
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ void remove_fsmonitor(struct index_state *istate)
 void tweak_fsmonitor(struct index_state *istate)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
-	int fsmonitor_enabled = (fsm_settings__get_mode(istate->repo)
+	int fsmonitor_enabled = (istate->repo->settings.command_requires_fsmonitor &&
+				 fsm_settings__get_mode(istate->repo)
 				 > FSMONITOR_MODE_DISABLED);
 
 	if (istate->fsmonitor_dirty) {
diff --git a/repo-settings.c b/repo-settings.c
index f3be3b8c5a3d09..a58d7778c0c87e 100644
--- a/repo-settings.c
+++ b/repo-settings.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ void prepare_repo_settings(struct repository *r)
 	 * removed.
 	 */
 	r->settings.command_requires_full_index = 1;
+	r->settings.command_requires_fsmonitor = 1;
 
 	if (!repo_config_get_ulong(r, "core.deltabasecachelimit", &ulongval))
 		r->settings.delta_base_cache_limit = ulongval;
diff --git a/repo-settings.h b/repo-settings.h
index e5253ead025c83..695e3e5c0a9de4 100644
--- a/repo-settings.h
+++ b/repo-settings.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ struct repo_settings {
 	int gc_write_commit_graph;
 	int fetch_write_commit_graph;
 	int command_requires_full_index;
+	int command_requires_fsmonitor;
 	int sparse_index;
 	int pack_read_reverse_index;
 	int pack_use_bitmap_boundary_traversal;
diff --git a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
index 93973ed25a448b..e80a8e501d4951 100755
--- a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
+++ b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
@@ -477,4 +477,25 @@ test_expect_success 'status succeeds with sparse index' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success "fetch does not activate fsmonitor" '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf fsm-repo fsm-upstream" &&
+
+	git init fsm-upstream &&
+	test_commit -C fsm-upstream initial &&
+
+	git clone fsm-upstream fsm-repo &&
+	test_hook -C fsm-repo fsmonitor-test <<-\EOF &&
+	printf "last_update_token\0"
+	EOF
+	git -C fsm-repo config core.fsmonitor .git/hooks/fsmonitor-test &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace2-status.txt" \
+		git -C fsm-repo status &&
+	test_region fsm_hook query trace2-status.txt &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace2-fetch.txt" \
+		git -C fsm-repo fetch origin &&
+	test_region ! fsm_hook query trace2-fetch.txt
+'
+
 test_done