diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 87b0e228bd..4129935d86 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static struct oidset gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT;
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_MISSING, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_BLOB, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_PARSE, ERROR) \
+	FUNC(GITMODULES_LARGE, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_NAME, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_SYMLINK, ERROR) \
 	/* warnings */ \
@@ -1005,7 +1006,7 @@ static int fsck_blob(struct blob *blob, const char *buf,
 		 * that an error.
 		 */
 		return report(options, &blob->object,
-			      FSCK_MSG_GITMODULES_PARSE,
+			      FSCK_MSG_GITMODULES_LARGE,
 			      ".gitmodules too large to parse");
 	}