diff --git a/lib/Repository/Repository.php b/lib/Repository/Repository.php
index bfd01e9..56a837f 100644
--- a/lib/Repository/Repository.php
+++ b/lib/Repository/Repository.php
@@ -850,6 +850,8 @@ final class Repository {
 					} catch (\Exception) {
 						// a read that went wrong on the way (see loadBlob()): this blob on its own
 						$blob = $this->loadBlob($id);
+						// its pack stream is closed before the next range is read on the same connection
+						$this->packReader->close();
 					}
 					yield $blob;
 					$done++;