repo = resolved
                                                }
                                        }
-                                       if remote != repo && p.ImportComment != "" {
+                                       if remote != repo && rr.isCustom {
                                                return fmt.Errorf("%s is a custom import path for %s, but %s is checked out from %s", rr.root, repo, dir, remote)
                                        }
                                }
 
        tg.run("get", "-d", "-u", importPath)
 }
 
+func TestIssue16471(t *testing.T) {
+       testenv.MustHaveExternalNetwork(t)
+       if _, err := exec.LookPath("git"); err != nil {
+               t.Skip("skipping because git binary not found")
+       }
+
+       tg := testgo(t)
+       defer tg.cleanup()
+       tg.parallel()
+       tg.tempDir("src")
+       tg.setenv("GOPATH", tg.path("."))
+       tg.must(os.MkdirAll(tg.path("src/rsc.io/go-get-issue-10952"), 0755))
+       tg.runGit(tg.path("src/rsc.io"), "clone", "https://github.com/zombiezen/go-get-issue-10952")
+       tg.runFail("get", "-u", "rsc.io/go-get-issue-10952")
+       tg.grepStderr("rsc.io/go-get-issue-10952 is a custom import path for https://github.com/rsc/go-get-issue-10952, but .* is checked out from https://github.com/zombiezen/go-get-issue-10952", "did not detect updated import path")
+}
+
 // Test git clone URL that uses SCP-like syntax and custom import path checking.
 func TestIssue11457(t *testing.T) {
        testenv.MustHaveExternalNetwork(t)
 
        // root is the import path corresponding to the root of the
        // repository
        root string
+
+       // isCustom is true for custom import paths (those defined by HTML meta tags)
+       isCustom bool
 }
 
 var httpPrefixRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^https?:`)
                return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid repo root %q; no scheme", urlStr, mmi.RepoRoot)
        }
        rr := &repoRoot{
-               vcs:  vcsByCmd(mmi.VCS),
-               repo: mmi.RepoRoot,
-               root: mmi.Prefix,
+               vcs:      vcsByCmd(mmi.VCS),
+               repo:     mmi.RepoRoot,
+               root:     mmi.Prefix,
+               isCustom: true,
        }
        if rr.vcs == nil {
                return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: unknown vcs %q", urlStr, mmi.VCS)