diff --git a/mercurial/exchange.py b/mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import errno, urllib
 import util, scmutil, changegroup, base85, error
 import discovery, phases, obsolete, bookmarks as bookmod, bundle2, pushkey
 import lock as lockmod
+import streamclone
 import tags
 
 def readbundle(ui, fh, fname, vfs=None):
@@ -963,6 +964,9 @@ def pull(repo, remote, heads=None, force
     lock = pullop.repo.lock()
     try:
         pullop.trmanager = transactionmanager(repo, 'pull', remote.url())
+        streamclone.maybeperformstreamclone(pullop.repo, pullop.remote,
+                                            pullop.heads,
+                                            pullop.streamclonerequested)
         _pulldiscovery(pullop)
         if _canusebundle2(pullop):
             _pullbundle2(pullop)
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from lock import release
 import weakref, errno, os, time, inspect, random
 import branchmap, pathutil
 import namespaces
-import streamclone
 propertycache = util.propertycache
 filecache = scmutil.filecache
 
@@ -1794,8 +1793,6 @@ class localrepository(object):
         keyword arguments:
         heads: list of revs to clone (forces use of pull)
         stream: use streaming clone if possible'''
-        streamclone.maybeperformstreamclone(self, remote, heads, stream)
-
         # internal config: ui.quietbookmarkmove
         quiet = self.ui.backupconfig('ui', 'quietbookmarkmove')
         try: