diff --git a/app/models/lfs_object.rb b/app/models/lfs_object.rb
index f73aa2705b759839c51fa2ca514704b91945fa91..d31d62265597a93a74ed189e6dd3db2708665923 100644
--- a/app/models/lfs_object.rb
+++ b/app/models/lfs_object.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ def update_file_store
   end
 
   def project_allowed_access?(project)
-    projects.exists?(project.lfs_storage_project.id)
+    if project.fork_network_member
+      lfs_objects_projects
+        .where("EXISTS(?)", project.fork_network.fork_network_members.select(1).where("fork_network_members.project_id = lfs_objects_projects.project_id"))
+        .exists?
+    else
+      lfs_objects_projects.where(project_id: project.id).exists?
+    end
   end
 
   def local_store?
diff --git a/spec/models/lfs_object_spec.rb b/spec/models/lfs_object_spec.rb
index 85bfc3f1387f93e1428bd59e03569f8027f4efe6..5b22f9e3e811a5ecaeb707e669ad00a04fddcf08 100644
--- a/spec/models/lfs_object_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/lfs_object_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,46 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#project_allowed_access?' do
+    set(:lfs_object) { create(:lfs_objects_project).lfs_object }
+    set(:project) { create(:project) }
+
+    it 'returns true when project is linked' do
+      create(:lfs_objects_project, lfs_object: lfs_object, project: project)
+
+      expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(project)).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false when project is not linked' do
+      expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(project)).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    context 'when project is a member of a fork network' do
+      set(:fork_network) { create(:fork_network) }
+      set(:fork_network_root_project) { fork_network.root_project }
+      set(:fork_network_membership) { create(:fork_network_member, project: project, fork_network: fork_network) }
+
+      it 'returns true for all members when forked project is linked' do
+        create(:lfs_objects_project, lfs_object: lfs_object, project: project)
+
+        expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(project)).to eq(true)
+        expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(fork_network_root_project)).to eq(true)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns true for all members when root of network is linked' do
+        create(:lfs_objects_project, lfs_object: lfs_object, project: fork_network_root_project)
+
+        expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(project)).to eq(true)
+        expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(fork_network_root_project)).to eq(true)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns false when no member of fork network is linked' do
+        expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(project)).to eq(false)
+        expect(lfs_object.project_allowed_access?(fork_network_root_project)).to eq(false)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#schedule_background_upload' do
     before do
       stub_lfs_setting(enabled: true)
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/repository_lfs_file_load_examples.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/repository_lfs_file_load_examples.rb
index d3cadf2ba7c653404102130fd00b236bc471c1c0..5dea17069f9b1ecb67979bbb8437964bc5c83ddf 100644
--- a/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/repository_lfs_file_load_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/repository_lfs_file_load_examples.rb
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@
   context 'when lfs is enabled' do
     before do
       allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:lfs_enabled?).and_return(true)
+      allow_any_instance_of(LfsObjectUploader).to receive(:exists?).and_return(true)
+      allow(controller).to receive(:send_file) { controller.head :ok }
     end
 
-    context 'when project has access' do
+    def link_project(project)
+      project.lfs_objects << lfs_object
+    end
+
+    context 'when the project is linked to the LfsObject' do
       before do
-        project.lfs_objects << lfs_object
-        allow_any_instance_of(LfsObjectUploader).to receive(:exists?).and_return(true)
-        allow(controller).to receive(:send_file) { controller.head :ok }
+        link_project(project)
       end
 
       it 'serves the file' do
@@ -76,13 +80,68 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when project does not have access' do
+    context 'when project is not linked to the LfsObject' do
       it 'does not serve the file' do
         subject
 
         expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(404)
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when the project is part of a fork network' do
+      shared_examples 'a controller that correctly serves lfs files within a fork network' do
+        it do
+          expect(fork_network_member).not_to eq(fork_network.root_project)
+        end
+
+        it 'does not serve the file if no members are linked to the LfsObject' do
+          subject
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(404)
+        end
+
+        it 'serves the file when the fork network root is linked to the LfsObject' do
+          link_project(fork_network.root_project)
+
+          subject
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
+        end
+
+        it 'serves the file when the fork network member is linked to the LfsObject' do
+          link_project(fork_network_member)
+
+          subject
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when the project is the root of the fork network' do
+        let!(:fork_network) { create(:fork_network, root_project: project) }
+        let!(:fork_network_member) { create(:fork_network_member, fork_network: fork_network).project }
+
+        before do
+          project.reload
+        end
+
+        it_behaves_like 'a controller that correctly serves lfs files within a fork network'
+      end
+
+      context 'when the project is a downstream member of the fork network' do
+        let!(:fork_network) { create(:fork_network) }
+        let!(:fork_network_member) do
+          create(:fork_network_member, project: project, fork_network: fork_network)
+          project
+        end
+
+        before do
+          project.reload
+        end
+
+        it_behaves_like 'a controller that correctly serves lfs files within a fork network'
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'when lfs is not enabled' do