diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 4129935d86..69ea8d5321 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static struct oidset gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT;
 	FUNC(ZERO_PADDED_DATE, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_MISSING, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_BLOB, ERROR) \
-	FUNC(GITMODULES_PARSE, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_LARGE, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_NAME, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_SYMLINK, ERROR) \
@@ -77,6 +76,7 @@ static struct oidset gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT;
 	FUNC(ZERO_PADDED_FILEMODE, WARN) \
 	FUNC(NUL_IN_COMMIT, WARN) \
 	/* infos (reported as warnings, but ignored by default) */ \
+	FUNC(GITMODULES_PARSE, INFO) \
 	FUNC(BAD_TAG_NAME, INFO) \
 	FUNC(MISSING_TAGGER_ENTRY, INFO)
 
diff --git a/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh b/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
index ba8af785a5..293e2e1963 100755
--- a/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
+++ b/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck detects corrupt .gitmodules' '
 		git add .gitmodules &&
 		git commit -m "broken gitmodules" &&
 
-		test_must_fail git fsck 2>output &&
+		git fsck 2>output &&
 		grep gitmodulesParse output &&
 		test_i18ngrep ! "bad config" output
 	)