diff --git a/mercurial/streamclone.py b/mercurial/streamclone.py
--- a/mercurial/streamclone.py
+++ b/mercurial/streamclone.py
@@ -299,6 +299,20 @@ def consumev1(repo, fp, filecount, bytec
         repo.ui.progress(_('clone'), 0, total=bytecount, unit=_('bytes'))
         start = time.time()
 
+        # TODO: get rid of (potential) inconsistency
+        #
+        # If transaction is started and any @filecache property is
+        # changed at this point, it causes inconsistency between
+        # in-memory cached property and streamclone-ed file on the
+        # disk. Nested transaction prevents transaction scope "clone"
+        # below from writing in-memory changes out at the end of it,
+        # even though in-memory changes are discarded at the end of it
+        # regardless of transaction nesting.
+        #
+        # But transaction nesting can't be simply prohibited, because
+        # nesting occurs also in ordinary case (e.g. enabling
+        # clonebundles).
+
         with repo.transaction('clone'):
             with repo.svfs.backgroundclosing(repo.ui, expectedcount=filecount):
                 for i in xrange(filecount):
@@ -322,8 +336,9 @@ def consumev1(repo, fp, filecount, bytec
                                              total=bytecount, unit=_('bytes'))
                             ofp.write(chunk)
 
-        # Writing straight to files circumvented the inmemory caches
-        repo.invalidate(clearfilecache=True)
+            # force @filecache properties to be reloaded from
+            # streamclone-ed file at next access
+            repo.invalidate(clearfilecache=True)
 
         elapsed = time.time() - start
         if elapsed <= 0:
diff --git a/tests/test-bundle.t b/tests/test-bundle.t
--- a/tests/test-bundle.t
+++ b/tests/test-bundle.t
@@ -310,9 +310,51 @@ Unpacking packed1 bundles with "hg unbun
 
 packed1 can be consumed from debug command
 
+(this also confirms that streamclone-ed changes are visible via
+@filecache properties to in-process procedures before closing
+transaction)
+
+  $ cat > $TESTTMP/showtip.py <<EOF
+  > from __future__ import absolute_import
+  > 
+  > def showtip(ui, repo, hooktype, **kwargs):
+  >     ui.warn('%s: %s\n' % (hooktype, repo['tip'].hex()[:12]))
+  > 
+  > def reposetup(ui, repo):
+  >     # this confirms (and ensures) that (empty) 00changelog.i
+  >     # before streamclone is already cached as repo.changelog
+  >     ui.setconfig('hooks', 'pretxnopen.showtip', showtip)
+  > 
+  >     # this confirms that streamclone-ed changes are visible to
+  >     # in-process procedures before closing transaction
+  >     ui.setconfig('hooks', 'pretxnclose.showtip', showtip)
+  > 
+  >     # this confirms that streamclone-ed changes are still visible
+  >     # after closing transaction
+  >     ui.setconfig('hooks', 'txnclose.showtip', showtip)
+  > EOF
+  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
+  > [extensions]
+  > showtip = $TESTTMP/showtip.py
+  > EOF
+
   $ hg -R packed debugapplystreamclonebundle packed.hg
   6 files to transfer, 2.60 KB of data
+  pretxnopen: 000000000000
+  pretxnclose: aa35859c02ea
   transferred 2.60 KB in *.* seconds (* */sec) (glob)
+  txnclose: aa35859c02ea
+
+(for safety, confirm visibility of streamclone-ed changes by another
+process, too)
+
+  $ hg -R packed tip -T "{node|short}\n"
+  aa35859c02ea
+
+  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
+  > [extensions]
+  > showtip = !
+  > EOF
 
 Does not work on non-empty repo