diff --git a/mercurial/hg.py b/mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ repo_schemes = {
     b'bundle': bundlerepo,
     b'union': unionrepo,
     b'file': LocalFactory,
-    b'static-http': statichttprepo,
 }
 
 peer_schemes = {
     b'http': httppeer,
     b'https': httppeer,
     b'ssh': sshpeer,
+    b'static-http': statichttprepo,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
@@ -262,4 +262,4 @@ class statichttprepository(
 def instance(ui, path, create, intents=None, createopts=None):
     if create:
         raise error.Abort(_(b'cannot create new static-http repository'))
-    return statichttprepository(ui, path[7:])
+    return statichttprepository(ui, path[7:]).peer()