diff --git a/dvc/repo/fetch.py b/dvc/repo/fetch.py
index 26b2226012..924a57737c 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/fetch.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/fetch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from contextlib import suppress
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Sequence
 
 from dvc.config import NoRemoteError
 from dvc.exceptions import DownloadError
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from . import locked
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dvc.cloud import Remote
     from dvc.repo import Repo
     from dvc.types import TargetType
     from dvc_data.hashfile.transfer import TransferResult
@@ -45,18 +46,19 @@ def fetch(
             remote is configured
     """
     from dvc.repo.imports import save_imports
-    from dvc.repo.worktree import fetch_worktree
     from dvc_data.hashfile.transfer import TransferResult
 
     if isinstance(targets, str):
         targets = [targets]
 
+    worktree_remote: Optional["Remote"] = None
     with suppress(NoRemoteError):
         _remote = self.cloud.get_remote(name=remote)
         if _remote.worktree or _remote.fs.version_aware:
-            return fetch_worktree(self, _remote, targets=targets)
+            worktree_remote = _remote
 
     failed_count = 0
+    transferred_count = 0
 
     try:
         if run_cache:
@@ -67,22 +69,35 @@ def fetch(
     no_remote_msg: Optional[str] = None
     result = TransferResult(set(), set())
     try:
-        d, f = _fetch(
-            self,
-            targets,
-            all_branches=all_branches,
-            all_tags=all_tags,
-            all_commits=all_commits,
-            with_deps=with_deps,
-            force=True,
-            remote=remote,
-            jobs=jobs,
-            recursive=recursive,
-            revs=revs,
-            odb=odb,
-        )
-        result.transferred.update(d)
-        result.failed.update(f)
+        if worktree_remote is not None:
+            transferred_count += _fetch_worktree(
+                self,
+                worktree_remote,
+                revs=revs,
+                all_branches=all_branches,
+                all_tags=all_tags,
+                all_commits=all_commits,
+                targets=targets,
+                with_deps=with_deps,
+                recursive=recursive,
+            )
+        else:
+            d, f = _fetch(
+                self,
+                targets,
+                all_branches=all_branches,
+                all_tags=all_tags,
+                all_commits=all_commits,
+                with_deps=with_deps,
+                force=True,
+                remote=remote,
+                jobs=jobs,
+                recursive=recursive,
+                revs=revs,
+                odb=odb,
+            )
+            result.transferred.update(d)
+            result.failed.update(f)
     except NoRemoteError as exc:
         no_remote_msg = str(exc)
 
@@ -108,7 +123,8 @@ def fetch(
             logger.error(no_remote_msg)
         raise DownloadError(failed_count)
 
-    return len(result.transferred)
+    transferred_count += len(result.transferred)
+    return transferred_count
 
 
 def _fetch(
@@ -155,3 +171,26 @@ def _fetch(
             result.transferred.update(d)
             result.failed.update(f)
     return result
+
+
+def _fetch_worktree(
+    repo: "Repo",
+    remote: "Remote",
+    revs: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
+    all_branches: bool = False,
+    all_tags: bool = False,
+    all_commits: bool = False,
+    targets: Optional["TargetType"] = None,
+    **kwargs,
+) -> int:
+    from dvc.repo.worktree import fetch_worktree
+
+    downloaded = 0
+    for _ in repo.brancher(
+        revs=revs,
+        all_branches=all_branches,
+        all_tags=all_tags,
+        all_commits=all_commits,
+    ):
+        downloaded += fetch_worktree(repo, remote, targets=targets, **kwargs)
+    return downloaded