diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/SmartClientSmartServerTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/SmartClientSmartServerTest.java
index bb612b1a6..4e75a5632 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/SmartClientSmartServerTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/SmartClientSmartServerTest.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRng;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http.AccessEvent;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http.HttpTestCase;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ConfigConstants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.NullProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ public class SmartClientSmartServerTest extends HttpTestCase {
 
 		final TestRepository<Repository> src = createTestRepository();
 		final String srcName = src.getRepository().getDirectory().getName();
+		src.getRepository()
+				.getConfig()
+				.setBoolean(ConfigConstants.CONFIG_CORE_SECTION, null,
+						ConfigConstants.CONFIG_KEY_LOGALLREFUPDATES, true);
 
 		ServletContextHandler app = server.addContext("/git");
 		GitServlet gs = new GitServlet();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
index 053751f8a..b98db7d18 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public abstract class LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		File gitdir = createUniqueTestGitDir(bare);
 		FileRepository db = new FileRepository(gitdir);
 		assertFalse(gitdir.exists());
-		db.create();
+		db.create(bare);
 		toClose.add(db);
 		return db;
 	}