diff --git a/models/repo/repo.go b/models/repo/repo.go
index b723b58c63..fe4125ea70 100644
--- a/models/repo/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo/repo.go
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ var reservedDottedRepoNames = []string{"mokogit", "mokogit-private"}
 // name (e.g. "mokogit" -> ".mokogit"). Other names are returned unchanged.
 func NormalizeSystemRepoName(name string) string {
 	for _, r := range reservedDottedRepoNames {
-		if strings.EqualFold(name, r) {
+		// Case-sensitive: only the exact lowercase bare names normalize to dotted
+		// system repos. The product repo name "MokoGIT" must remain usable.
+		if name == r {
 			return "." + name
 		}
 	}