diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index b45514be31..0c5b2eb5fc 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ struct submodule_update_clone {
 #define SUBMODULE_UPDATE_CLONE_INIT {0, MODULE_LIST_INIT, 0, \
 	SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STRATEGY_INIT, 0, 0, -1, STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, 0, \
 	NULL, NULL, NULL, \
-	NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 0}
+	NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 1}
 
 
 static void next_submodule_warn_missing(struct submodule_update_clone *suc,
diff --git a/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh b/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh
index 6c2f9b2ba2..a0317556c6 100755
--- a/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh
+++ b/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ test_expect_success 'fetching submodules respects parallel settings' '
 	git config fetch.recurseSubmodules true &&
 	(
 		cd downstream &&
+		GIT_TRACE=$(pwd)/trace.out git fetch &&
+		grep "1 tasks" trace.out &&
 		GIT_TRACE=$(pwd)/trace.out git fetch --jobs 7 &&
 		grep "7 tasks" trace.out &&
 		git config submodule.fetchJobs 8 &&