diff --git a/hgext/narrow/__init__.py b/hgext/narrow/__init__.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/__init__.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/__init__.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
     if not isinstance(repo, localrepo.localrepository):
         return
 
+    narrowrepo.wraprepo(repo)
     if changegroup.NARROW_REQUIREMENT in repo.requirements:
-        narrowrepo.wraprepo(repo)
         narrowcopies.setup(repo)
         narrowdirstate.setup(repo)
         narrowpatch.setup(repo)
diff --git a/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py b/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 from . import (
     narrowbundle2,
-    narrowrepo,
 )
 
 table = {}
@@ -101,10 +100,6 @@
             '_pullbundle2extraprepare', pullbundle2extraprepare_widen)
 
     def pullnarrow(orig, repo, *args, **kwargs):
-        narrowrepo.wraprepo(repo.unfiltered())
-        if isinstance(repo, repoview.repoview):
-            repo.__class__.__bases__ = (repo.__class__.__bases__[0],
-                                        repo.unfiltered().__class__)
         if opts_narrow:
             repo.requirements.add(changegroup.NARROW_REQUIREMENT)
             repo._writerequirements()