diff --git a/pkg/action/pull.go b/pkg/action/pull.go
index a2f53af0d..b4779f8d2 100644
--- a/pkg/action/pull.go
+++ b/pkg/action/pull.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func (p *Pull) Run(chartRef string) (string, error) {
 		defer os.RemoveAll(dest)
 	}
 
+	downloadSourceRef := chartRef
 	if p.RepoURL != "" {
 		chartURL, err := repo.FindChartInRepoURL(
 			p.RepoURL,
@@ -128,10 +129,10 @@ func (p *Pull) Run(chartRef string) (string, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return out.String(), err
 		}
-		chartRef = chartURL
+		downloadSourceRef = chartURL
 	}
 
-	saved, v, err := c.DownloadTo(chartRef, p.Version, dest)
+	saved, v, err := c.DownloadTo(downloadSourceRef, p.Version, dest)
 	if err != nil {
 		return out.String(), err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pull_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pull_test.go
index c30c94b49..58e1862ae 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pull_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pull_test.go
@@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ func TestPullCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			failExpect: "Failed to fetch chart version",
 			wantError:  true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "Chart fetch using repo URL with untardir",
+			args:       "signtest --version=0.1.0 --untar --untardir repo-url-test --repo " + srv.URL(),
+			expectFile: "./signtest",
+			expectDir:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Chart fetch using repo URL with untardir and previous pull",
+			args:       "signtest --version=0.1.0 --untar --untardir repo-url-test --repo " + srv.URL(),
+			failExpect: "failed to untar",
+			wantError:  true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:       "Fetch OCI Chart",
 			args:       fmt.Sprintf("oci://%s/u/ocitestuser/oci-dependent-chart --version 0.1.0", ociSrv.RegistryURL),