diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -727,15 +727,13 @@ def overrideclone(orig, ui, source, dest
             raise util.Abort(_(
             '--all-largefiles is incompatible with non-local destination %s' %
             d))
-    result = hg.clone(ui, opts, source, dest,
-                      pull=opts.get('pull'),
-                      stream=opts.get('uncompressed'),
-                      rev=opts.get('rev'),
-                      update=opts.get('updaterev') or not opts.get('noupdate'),
-                      branch=opts.get('branch'))
-    if result is None:
-        return True
-    if opts.get('all_largefiles'):
+
+    return orig(ui, source, dest, **opts)
+
+def hgclone(orig, ui, opts, *args, **kwargs):
+    result = orig(ui, opts, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    if result is not None and opts.get('all_largefiles'):
         sourcerepo, destrepo = result
         repo = destrepo.local()
 
@@ -750,8 +748,11 @@ def overrideclone(orig, ui, source, dest
         # Caching is implicitly limited to 'rev' option, since the dest repo was
         # truncated at that point.
         success, missing = lfcommands.downloadlfiles(ui, repo, None)
-        return missing != 0
-    return result is None
+
+        if missing != 0:
+            return None
+
+    return result
 
 def overriderebase(orig, ui, repo, **opts):
     repo._isrebasing = True
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ def uisetup(ui):
                                    overrides.overrideclone)
     cloneopt = [('', 'all-largefiles', None,
                  _('download all versions of all largefiles'))]
+    entry[1].extend(cloneopt)
+    entry = extensions.wrapfunction(hg, 'clone', overrides.hgclone)
 
-    entry[1].extend(cloneopt)
     entry = extensions.wrapcommand(commands.table, 'cat',
                                    overrides.overridecat)
     entry = extensions.wrapfunction(merge, '_checkunknownfile',
diff --git a/tests/test-largefiles.t b/tests/test-largefiles.t
--- a/tests/test-largefiles.t
+++ b/tests/test-largefiles.t
@@ -717,6 +717,12 @@ Test cloning with --all-largefiles flag
   3 largefiles updated, 0 removed
   $ cd ..
 
+Ensure base clone command argument validation
+
+  $ hg clone -U -u 0 a a-clone-failure
+  abort: cannot specify both --noupdate and --updaterev
+  [255]
+
   $ hg clone --all-largefiles a ssh://localhost/a
   abort: --all-largefiles is incompatible with non-local destination ssh://localhost/a
   [255]