diff --git a/packages/common/http/src/provider.ts b/packages/common/http/src/provider.ts
index 15ac02f2dc68..e4b3922e8d5c 100644
--- a/packages/common/http/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/common/http/src/provider.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ export function provideHttpClient(...features: HttpFeature<HttpFeatureKind>[]):
               `Configuration error: found both withXsrfConfiguration() and withNoXsrfProtection() in the same call to provideHttpClient(), which is a contradiction.` :
               '');
     }
+
+    if (featureKinds.has(HttpFeatureKind.RequestsMadeViaParent) && featureKinds.has(HttpFeatureKind.Fetch)) {
+      throw new Error(
+          ngDevMode ?
+              `Configuration error: found both withRequestsMadeViaParent() and withFetch() in the same call to provideHttpClient(), which is a contradiction.` :
+              '');
+    }
   }
 
   const providers: Provider[] = [
diff --git a/packages/common/http/test/provider_spec.ts b/packages/common/http/test/provider_spec.ts
index f0c1fe14ba58..4d69768dc99f 100644
--- a/packages/common/http/test/provider_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/common/http/test/provider_spec.ts
@@ -449,6 +449,24 @@ describe('provideHttpClient', () => {
       expect(consoleWarnSpy.calls.count()).toBe(0);
     });
 
+    it('should throw when fetch is used together with withRequestsMadeViaParent()', () => {
+      TestBed.resetTestingModule();
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        providers: [
+          provideHttpClient(),
+          provideHttpClientTesting(),
+        ]
+      });
+
+      expect(() => createEnvironmentInjector(
+        [provideHttpClient(
+          withFetch(),
+          withRequestsMadeViaParent(),
+        )],
+        TestBed.inject(EnvironmentInjector))).toThrow();
+    });
+
     it('should warn during SSR if fetch is not configured', () => {
       resetFetchBackendWarningFlag();