diff --git a/src/poetry/puzzle/provider.py b/src/poetry/puzzle/provider.py
index 523228c9e88..516b6990afc 100644
--- a/src/poetry/puzzle/provider.py
+++ b/src/poetry/puzzle/provider.py
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ def complete_package(
             # Retrieving constraints for deferred dependencies
             for r in requires:
                 if r.is_direct_origin():
+                    locked = self.get_locked(r)
+                    # If lock file contains exactly the same URL and reference
+                    # (commit hash) of dependency as is requested,
+                    # do not analyze it again: nothing could have changed.
+                    if locked is not None and locked.package.is_same_package_as(r):
+                        continue
                     self.search_for_direct_origin_dependency(r)
 
         optional_dependencies = []
diff --git a/tests/puzzle/test_solver.py b/tests/puzzle/test_solver.py
index 92a39849b81..2bfd4f8313a 100644
--- a/tests/puzzle/test_solver.py
+++ b/tests/puzzle/test_solver.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import httpretty
 
+    from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
     from poetry.installation.operations.operation import Operation
     from poetry.puzzle.provider import Provider
     from poetry.puzzle.transaction import Transaction
@@ -3454,6 +3456,97 @@ def test_solver_keeps_multiple_locked_dependencies_for_same_package(
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("is_locked", [False, True])
+def test_solver_does_not_update_ref_of_locked_vcs_package(
+    package: ProjectPackage,
+    repo: Repository,
+    pool: Pool,
+    io: NullIO,
+    is_locked: bool,
+):
+    locked_ref = "123456"
+    latest_ref = "9cf87a285a2d3fbb0b9fa621997b3acc3631ed24"
+    demo_locked = Package(
+        "demo",
+        "0.1.2",
+        source_type="git",
+        source_url="https://github.com/demo/demo.git",
+        source_reference=DEFAULT_SOURCE_REF,
+        source_resolved_reference=locked_ref,
+    )
+    demo_locked.add_dependency(Factory.create_dependency("pendulum", "*"))
+    demo_latest = Package(
+        "demo",
+        "0.1.2",
+        source_type="git",
+        source_url="https://github.com/demo/demo.git",
+        source_reference=DEFAULT_SOURCE_REF,
+        source_resolved_reference=latest_ref,
+    )
+    locked = [demo_locked] if is_locked else []
+
+    package.add_dependency(
+        Factory.create_dependency("demo", {"git": "https://github.com/demo/demo.git"})
+    )
+
+    # transient dependencies of demo
+    pendulum = get_package("pendulum", "2.0.3")
+    repo.add_package(pendulum)
+
+    solver = Solver(package, pool, [], locked, io)
+    transaction = solver.solve()
+
+    ops = check_solver_result(
+        transaction,
+        [
+            {"job": "install", "package": pendulum},
+            {"job": "install", "package": demo_locked if is_locked else demo_latest},
+        ],
+    )
+
+    op = ops[1]
+
+    assert op.package.source_type == "git"
+    assert op.package.source_reference == DEFAULT_SOURCE_REF
+    assert (
+        op.package.source_resolved_reference == locked_ref if is_locked else latest_ref
+    )
+
+
+def test_solver_does_not_fetch_locked_vcs_package_with_ref(
+    package: ProjectPackage,
+    repo: Repository,
+    pool: Pool,
+    io: NullIO,
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+):
+    locked_ref = "123456"
+    demo_locked = Package(
+        "demo",
+        "0.1.2",
+        source_type="git",
+        source_url="https://github.com/demo/demo.git",
+        source_reference=DEFAULT_SOURCE_REF,
+        source_resolved_reference=locked_ref,
+    )
+    demo_locked.add_dependency(Factory.create_dependency("pendulum", "*"))
+
+    package.add_dependency(
+        Factory.create_dependency("demo", {"git": "https://github.com/demo/demo.git"})
+    )
+
+    # transient dependencies of demo
+    pendulum = get_package("pendulum", "2.0.3")
+    repo.add_package(pendulum)
+
+    solver = Solver(package, pool, [], [demo_locked], io)
+    spy = mocker.spy(solver._provider, "_search_for_vcs")
+
+    solver.solve()
+
+    spy.assert_not_called()
+
+
 def test_solver_direct_origin_dependency_with_extras_requested_by_other_package(
     solver: Solver, repo: Repository, package: ProjectPackage
 ):