diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 0f123b79fa..210984f825 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -1262,6 +1262,8 @@ static int odb_transaction_files_commit(struct odb_transaction *base)
 		container_of(base, struct odb_transaction_files, base);
 	int have_packfile = !!transaction->packfile.f;
 
+	flush_packfile_transaction(transaction);
+
 	if (transaction->objdir) {
 		struct strbuf temp_path = STRBUF_INIT;
 		struct tempfile *temp;
@@ -1292,8 +1294,6 @@ static int odb_transaction_files_commit(struct odb_transaction *base)
 		transaction->objdir = NULL;
 	}
 
-	flush_packfile_transaction(transaction);
-
 	if (have_packfile)
 		odb_reprepare(transaction->base.source->odb);
 
diff --git a/t/t1050-large.sh b/t/t1050-large.sh
index d295c265c7..95233458b4 100755
--- a/t/t1050-large.sh
+++ b/t/t1050-large.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ test_expect_success 'add a large file or two' '
 	test $count = 1
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'add large file with loose object in batch fsync' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf batch" &&
+	git init batch &&
+	(
+		cd batch &&
+		git config core.bigFileThreshold 5 &&
+		echo foo >1-small &&
+		echo foobar >2-large &&
+
+		git -c core.fsync=loose-object -c core.fsyncMethod=batch \
+			add 1-small 2-large &&
+
+		git cat-file -e :1-small &&
+		git cat-file -e :2-large
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'checkout a large file' '
 	large1=$(git rev-parse :large1) &&
 	git update-index --add --cacheinfo 100644 $large1 another &&