diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index 244f44d460f..568f0f75b30 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -104,3 +104,19 @@ fetch.bundleURI::
 	linkgit:git-clone[1]. `git clone --bundle-uri` will set the
 	`fetch.bundleURI` value if the supplied bundle URI contains a bundle
 	list that is organized for incremental fetches.
++
+If you modify this value and your repository has a `fetch.bundleCreationToken`
+value, then remove that `fetch.bundleCreationToken` value before fetching from
+the new bundle URI.
+
+fetch.bundleCreationToken::
+	When using `fetch.bundleURI` to fetch incrementally from a bundle
+	list that uses the "creationToken" heuristic, this config value
+	stores the maximum `creationToken` value of the downloaded bundles.
+	This value is used to prevent downloading bundles in the future
+	if the advertised `creationToken` is not strictly larger than this
+	value.
++
+The creation token values are chosen by the provider serving the specific
+bundle URI. If you modify the URI at `fetch.bundleURI`, then be sure to
+remove the value for the `fetch.bundleCreationToken` value before fetching.
diff --git a/bundle-uri.c b/bundle-uri.c
index 162a9276f31..691853b2c56 100644
--- a/bundle-uri.c
+++ b/bundle-uri.c
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ static int fetch_bundles_by_token(struct repository *r,
 {
 	int cur;
 	int move_direction = 0;
+	const char *creationTokenStr;
+	uint64_t maxCreationToken = 0, newMaxCreationToken = 0;
 	struct bundle_list_context ctx = {
 		.r = r,
 		.list = list,
@@ -500,8 +502,27 @@ static int fetch_bundles_by_token(struct repository *r,
 
 	for_all_bundles_in_list(list, append_bundle, &bundles);
 
+	if (!bundles.nr) {
+		free(bundles.items);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	QSORT(bundles.items, bundles.nr, compare_creation_token_decreasing);
 
+	/*
+	 * If fetch.bundleCreationToken exists, parses to a uint64t, and
+	 * is not strictly smaller than the maximum creation token in the
+	 * bundle list, then do not download any bundles.
+	 */
+	if (!repo_config_get_value(r,
+				   "fetch.bundlecreationtoken",
+				   &creationTokenStr) &&
+	    sscanf(creationTokenStr, "%"PRIu64, &maxCreationToken) == 1 &&
+	    bundles.items[0]->creationToken <= maxCreationToken) {
+		free(bundles.items);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Attempt to download and unbundle the minimum number of bundles by
 	 * creationToken in decreasing order. If we fail to unbundle (after
@@ -522,6 +543,16 @@ static int fetch_bundles_by_token(struct repository *r,
 	cur = 0;
 	while (cur >= 0 && cur < bundles.nr) {
 		struct remote_bundle_info *bundle = bundles.items[cur];
+
+		/*
+		 * If we need to dig into bundles below the previous
+		 * creation token value, then likely we are in an erroneous
+		 * state due to missing or invalid bundles. Halt the process
+		 * instead of continuing to download extra data.
+		 */
+		if (bundle->creationToken <= maxCreationToken)
+			break;
+
 		if (!bundle->file) {
 			/*
 			 * Not downloaded yet. Try downloading.
@@ -561,6 +592,9 @@ static int fetch_bundles_by_token(struct repository *r,
 				 */
 				move_direction = -1;
 				bundle->unbundled = 1;
+
+				if (bundle->creationToken > newMaxCreationToken)
+					newMaxCreationToken = bundle->creationToken;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -575,14 +609,24 @@ stack_operation:
 		cur += move_direction;
 	}
 
-	free(bundles.items);
-
 	/*
 	 * We succeed if the loop terminates because 'cur' drops below
 	 * zero. The other case is that we terminate because 'cur'
 	 * reaches the end of the list, so we have a failure no matter
 	 * which bundles we apply from the list.
 	 */
+	if (cur < 0) {
+		struct strbuf value = STRBUF_INIT;
+		strbuf_addf(&value, "%"PRIu64"", newMaxCreationToken);
+		if (repo_config_set_multivar_gently(ctx.r,
+						    "fetch.bundleCreationToken",
+						    value.buf, NULL, 0))
+			warning(_("failed to store maximum creation token"));
+
+		strbuf_release(&value);
+	}
+
+	free(bundles.items);
 	return cur >= 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh b/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
index 7deeb4b8ad1..9c2b7934b9b 100755
--- a/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
+++ b/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ test_expect_success 'clone incomplete bundle list (http, creationToken)' '
 		"$HTTPD_URL/smart/fetch.git" clone-token-http &&
 
 	test_cmp_config -C clone-token-http "$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list" fetch.bundleuri &&
+	test_cmp_config -C clone-token-http 1 fetch.bundlecreationtoken &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ test_expect_success 'clone incomplete bundle list (http, creationToken)' '
 	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace1.txt" \
 		git -C clone-token-http fetch origin --no-tags \
 		refs/heads/merge:refs/heads/merge &&
+	test_cmp_config -C clone-token-http 4 fetch.bundlecreationtoken &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
@@ -511,6 +513,7 @@ test_expect_success 'http clone with bundle.heuristic creates fetch.bundleURI' '
 		"$HTTPD_URL/smart/fetch.git" fetch-http-4 &&
 
 	test_cmp_config -C fetch-http-4 "$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list" fetch.bundleuri &&
+	test_cmp_config -C fetch-http-4 1 fetch.bundlecreationtoken &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
@@ -538,6 +541,7 @@ test_expect_success 'http clone with bundle.heuristic creates fetch.bundleURI' '
 		git -C fetch-http-4 fetch origin --no-tags \
 		refs/heads/left:refs/heads/left \
 		refs/heads/right:refs/heads/right &&
+	test_cmp_config -C fetch-http-4 2 fetch.bundlecreationtoken &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
@@ -555,6 +559,18 @@ test_expect_success 'http clone with bundle.heuristic creates fetch.bundleURI' '
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect refs &&
 
+	# No-op fetch
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace1b.txt" \
+		git -C fetch-http-4 fetch origin --no-tags \
+		refs/heads/left:refs/heads/left \
+		refs/heads/right:refs/heads/right &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
+	EOF
+	test_remote_https_urls <trace1b.txt >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
 	cat >>"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/bundle-list" <<-EOF &&
 	[bundle "bundle-3"]
 		uri = bundle-3.bundle
@@ -570,6 +586,7 @@ test_expect_success 'http clone with bundle.heuristic creates fetch.bundleURI' '
 	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace2.txt" \
 		git -C fetch-http-4 fetch origin --no-tags \
 		refs/heads/merge:refs/heads/merge &&
+	test_cmp_config -C fetch-http-4 4 fetch.bundlecreationtoken &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
@@ -588,7 +605,17 @@ test_expect_success 'http clone with bundle.heuristic creates fetch.bundleURI' '
 	refs/bundles/left
 	refs/bundles/merge
 	EOF
-	test_cmp expect refs
+	test_cmp expect refs &&
+
+	# No-op fetch
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace2b.txt" \
+		git -C fetch-http-4 fetch origin &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
+	EOF
+	test_remote_https_urls <trace2b.txt >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 # Do not add tests here unless they use the HTTP server, as they will
