diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index aa7a52cc80..87b0e228bd 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ static int fsck_blob(struct blob *blob, const char *buf,
 		     unsigned long size, struct fsck_options *options)
 {
 	struct fsck_gitmodules_data data;
+	struct config_options config_opts = { 0 };
 
 	if (!oidset_contains(&gitmodules_found, &blob->object.oid))
 		return 0;
@@ -1011,8 +1012,9 @@ static int fsck_blob(struct blob *blob, const char *buf,
 	data.obj = &blob->object;
 	data.options = options;
 	data.ret = 0;
+	config_opts.error_action = CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT;
 	if (git_config_from_mem(fsck_gitmodules_fn, CONFIG_ORIGIN_BLOB,
-				".gitmodules", buf, size, &data, NULL))
+				".gitmodules", buf, size, &data, &config_opts))
 		data.ret |= report(options, &blob->object,
 				   FSCK_MSG_GITMODULES_PARSE,
 				   "could not parse gitmodules blob");
diff --git a/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh b/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
index b68c5f5e85..ba8af785a5 100755
--- a/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
+++ b/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
@@ -176,4 +176,19 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck detects non-blob .gitmodules' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fsck detects corrupt .gitmodules' '
+	git init corrupt &&
+	(
+		cd corrupt &&
+
+		echo "[broken" >.gitmodules &&
+		git add .gitmodules &&
+		git commit -m "broken gitmodules" &&
+
+		test_must_fail git fsck 2>output &&
+		grep gitmodulesParse output &&
+		test_i18ngrep ! "bad config" output
+	)
+'
+
 test_done