diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py
@@ -1386,8 +1386,8 @@ def _clone(
            Git.check_unsafe_protocols(url)
        if not allow_unsafe_options:
            Git.check_unsafe_options(options=list(kwargs.keys()), unsafe_options=cls.unsafe_git_clone_options)
-        if not allow_unsafe_options and multi_options:
-            Git.check_unsafe_options(options=multi_options, unsafe_options=cls.unsafe_git_clone_options)

        proc = git.clone(
            multi,

diff --git a/test/test_clone.py b/test/test_clone.py
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ def test_clone_unsafe_options(self, rw_repo):
                    rw_repo.clone(tmp_dir, **unsafe_option)
                assert not tmp_file.exists()

    @pytest.mark.xfail(
        sys.platform == "win32",
        reason=(
@@ -216,6 +225,15 @@ def test_clone_from_unsafe_options(self, rw_repo):
                    Repo.clone_from(rw_repo.working_dir, tmp_dir, **unsafe_option)
                assert not tmp_file.exists()

    @pytest.mark.xfail(
        sys.platform == "win32",
        reason=(

diff --git a/test/test_submodule.py b/test/test_submodule.py
@@ -1332,6 +1332,17 @@ def test_submodule_update_unsafe_options(self, rw_repo):
                    submodule.update(clone_multi_options=[unsafe_option])
                assert not tmp_file.exists()

    @with_rw_repo("HEAD")
    def test_submodule_update_unsafe_options_allowed(self, rw_repo):
        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tdir: