diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index a0841923cf..64b1784011 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		remote_head = NULL;
 		option_no_checkout = 1;
 		if (!option_bare) {
-			const char *branch = git_default_branch_name();
+			const char *branch = git_default_branch_name(0);
 			char *ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", branch);
 
 			install_branch_config(0, branch, remote_name, ref);
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 01bc648d41..dcc45bef51 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ void initialize_repository_version(int hash_algo, int reinit)
 static int create_default_files(const char *template_path,
 				const char *original_git_dir,
 				const char *initial_branch,
-				const struct repository_format *fmt)
+				const struct repository_format *fmt,
+				int quiet)
 {
 	struct stat st1;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path,
 		char *ref;
 
 		if (!initial_branch)
-			initial_branch = git_default_branch_name();
+			initial_branch = git_default_branch_name(quiet);
 
 		ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", initial_branch);
 		if (check_refname_format(ref, 0) < 0)
@@ -438,7 +439,8 @@ int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,
 	validate_hash_algorithm(&repo_fmt, hash);
 
 	reinit = create_default_files(template_dir, original_git_dir,
-				      initial_branch, &repo_fmt);
+				      initial_branch, &repo_fmt,
+				      flags & INIT_DB_QUIET);
 	if (reinit && initial_branch)
 		warning(_("re-init: ignored --initial-branch=%s"),
 			initial_branch);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 392f0bbf68..8df03122d6 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ void expand_ref_prefix(struct strvec *prefixes, const char *prefix)
 		strvec_pushf(prefixes, *p, len, prefix);
 }
 
-char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r)
+char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r, int quiet)
 {
 	const char *config_key = "init.defaultbranch";
 	const char *config_display_key = "init.defaultBranch";
@@ -585,12 +585,12 @@ char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-const char *git_default_branch_name(void)
+const char *git_default_branch_name(int quiet)
 {
 	static char *ret;
 
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = repo_default_branch_name(the_repository);
+		ret = repo_default_branch_name(the_repository, quiet);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 6695518156..ff05d2e9fe 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, char **ref);
  * The return value of `repo_default_branch_name()` is an allocated string. The
  * return value of `git_default_branch_name()` is a singleton.
  */
-const char *git_default_branch_name(void);
-char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r);
+const char *git_default_branch_name(int quiet);
+char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r, int quiet);
 
 /*
  * A ref_transaction represents a collection of reference updates that
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 8a6dbbb903..bdb88d4b7d 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void read_branches_file(struct remote *remote)
 	if (frag)
 		*(frag++) = '\0';
 	else
-		frag = (char *)git_default_branch_name();
+		frag = (char *)git_default_branch_name(0);
 
 	add_url_alias(remote, strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL));
 	refspec_appendf(&remote->fetch, "refs/heads/%s:refs/heads/%s",
@@ -2206,7 +2206,8 @@ struct ref *guess_remote_head(const struct ref *head,
 
 	/* If a remote branch exists with the default branch name, let's use it. */
 	if (!all) {
-		char *ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", git_default_branch_name());
+		char *ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s",
+				    git_default_branch_name(0));
 
 		r = find_ref_by_name(refs, ref);
 		free(ref);