diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_package/mod.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_package/mod.rs
index dd7e16bb644..472acf41cb1 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_package/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_package/mod.rs
@@ -268,23 +268,22 @@ fn do_package<'a>(
     let deps = local_deps(pkgs.iter().map(|(p, f)| ((*p).clone(), f.clone())));
     let just_pkgs: Vec<_> = pkgs.iter().map(|p| p.0).collect();
 
-    let mut local_reg = {
-        // The publish registry doesn't matter unless there are local dependencies that will be
-        // resolved,
-        // so only try to get one if we need it. If they explicitly passed a
-        // registry on the CLI, we check it no matter what.
-        let sid = if (deps.has_dependencies() && (opts.include_lockfile || opts.verify))
-            || opts.reg_or_index.is_some()
-        {
-            let sid = get_registry(ws.gctx(), &just_pkgs, opts.reg_or_index.clone())?;
-            debug!("packaging for registry {}", sid);
-            Some(sid)
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
+    // The publish registry doesn't matter unless there are local dependencies that will be
+    // resolved,
+    // so only try to get one if we need it.
+    //
+    // If they explicitly passed a registry on the CLI, we check it no matter what to verify
+    // `package.publish`.
+    let needs_local_reg = deps.has_dependencies() && (opts.include_lockfile || opts.verify);
+    let verify_registry_allow_list = opts.reg_or_index.is_some();
+    let mut local_reg = if !opts.list && (needs_local_reg || verify_registry_allow_list) {
+        let sid = get_registry(ws.gctx(), &just_pkgs, opts.reg_or_index.clone())?;
+        debug!("packaging for registry {}", sid);
         let reg_dir = ws.build_dir().join("package").join("tmp-registry");
-        sid.map(|sid| TmpRegistry::new(ws.gctx(), reg_dir, sid))
-            .transpose()?
+        let local_reg = TmpRegistry::new(ws.gctx(), reg_dir, sid)?;
+        Some(local_reg)
+    } else {
+        None
     };
 
     // Packages need to be created in dependency order, because dependencies must
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/package.rs b/tests/testsuite/package.rs
index 4c3312aabba..c847104e9be 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/package.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/package.rs
@@ -6791,6 +6791,16 @@ fn registry_not_in_publish_list() {
 [ERROR] `foo` cannot be packaged.
 The registry `alternative` is not listed in the `package.publish` value in Cargo.toml.
 
+"#]])
+        .run();
+
+    p.cargo("package --registry alternative --list")
+        .with_stdout_data(str![[r#"
+Cargo.lock
+Cargo.toml
+Cargo.toml.orig
+src/main.rs
+
 "#]])
         .run();
 }