diff --git a/src/cmd/go/get.go b/src/cmd/go/get.go
index 572a865448..01b4e015d2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/get.go
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ func runGet(cmd *Command, args []string) {
 	if *getT {
 		mode |= getTestDeps
 	}
-	for _, arg := range downloadPaths(args) {
+	args = downloadPaths(args)
+	for _, arg := range args {
 		download(arg, nil, &stk, mode)
 	}
 	exitIfErrors()
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
index 2fda20ce03..4839b9bcbb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
@@ -2965,3 +2965,30 @@ func TestGenerateUsesBuildContext(t *testing.T) {
 	tg.run("generate", "gen")
 	tg.grepStdout("darwin 386", "unexpected GOOS/GOARCH combination")
 }
+
+// Issue 14450: go get -u .../ tried to import not downloaded package
+func TestGoGetUpdateWithWildcard(t *testing.T) {
+	testenv.MustHaveExternalNetwork(t)
+
+	tg := testgo(t)
+	defer tg.cleanup()
+	tg.makeTempdir()
+	tg.setenv("GOPATH", tg.path("."))
+	const aPkgImportPath = "github.com/tmwh/go-get-issue-14450/a"
+	tg.run("get", aPkgImportPath)
+	tg.run("get", "-u", ".../")
+	tg.grepStderrNot("cannot find package", "did not update packages given wildcard path")
+
+	var expectedPkgPaths = []string{
+		"src/github.com/tmwh/go-get-issue-14450/b",
+		"src/github.com/tmwh/go-get-issue-14450-b-dependency/c",
+		"src/github.com/tmwh/go-get-issue-14450-b-dependency/d",
+	}
+
+	for _, importPath := range expectedPkgPaths {
+		_, err := os.Stat(tg.path(importPath))
+		tg.must(err)
+	}
+	const notExpectedPkgPath = "src/github.com/tmwh/go-get-issue-14450-c-dependency/e"
+	tg.mustNotExist(tg.path(notExpectedPkgPath))
+}