Recursive clone fails for util-common-m4 submodule

The error:

git clone --recursive https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxcb-keysyms.git
Cloning into 'libxcb-keysyms'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1441, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (86/86), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (42/42), done.
remote: Total 1441 (delta 53), reused 61 (delta 44), pack-reused 1355 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (1441/1441), 297.39 KiB | 1.05 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (986/986), done.
Submodule 'm4' (git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xcb/util-common-m4.git) registered for path 'm4'
Cloning into '/home/tmp/libxcb-keysyms/m4'...
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
fatal: clone of 'git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xcb/util-common-m4.git' into submodule path '/home/tmp/libxcb-keysyms/m4' failed
Failed to clone 'm4'. Retry scheduled
Cloning into '/home/tmp/libxcb-keysyms/m4'...
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
fatal: clone of 'git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xcb/util-common-m4.git' into submodule path '/home/tmp/libxcb-keysyms/m4' failed
Failed to clone 'm4' a second time, aborting