diff --git a/builtin/archive.c b/builtin/archive.c
index 15ee1ec7bb..f35560042e 100644
--- a/builtin/archive.c
+++ b/builtin/archive.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static int run_remote_archiver(int argc, const char **argv,
 	struct packet_reader reader;
 
 	_remote = remote_get(remote);
-	if (!_remote->url[0])
+	if (!_remote->url_nr)
 		die(_("git archive: Remote with no URL"));
 	transport = transport_get(_remote, _remote->url[0]);
 	transport_connect(transport, "git-upload-archive", exec, fd);