diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
index a311483a7d..fcd574f5fc 100644
--- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
@@ -789,15 +789,15 @@ static int sparse_checkout_reapply(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("must be in a sparse-checkout to reapply sparsity patterns"));
 
+	reapply_opts.cone_mode = -1;
+	reapply_opts.sparse_index = -1;
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL,
 			     builtin_sparse_checkout_reapply_options,
 			     builtin_sparse_checkout_reapply_usage, 0);
 
 	repo_read_index(the_repository);
 
-	reapply_opts.cone_mode = -1;
-	reapply_opts.sparse_index = -1;
-
 	if (update_modes(&reapply_opts.cone_mode, &reapply_opts.sparse_index))
 		return 1;
 
diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
index 3592d12442..ce5e7c19ef 100755
--- a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
+++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
@@ -495,6 +495,34 @@ test_expect_failure 'sparse-checkout reapply' '
 	git -C tweak sparse-checkout disable
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'reapply can handle config options' '
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout init --cone --no-sparse-index &&
+	git -C repo config --worktree --list >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	core.sparsecheckout=true
+	core.sparsecheckoutcone=true
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout reapply --no-cone --no-sparse-index &&
+	git -C repo config --worktree --list >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	core.sparsecheckout=true
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout reapply --cone --sparse-index &&
+	git -C repo config --worktree --list >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	core.sparsecheckout=true
+	core.sparsecheckoutcone=true
+	index.sparse=true
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout disable
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'cone mode: set with core.ignoreCase=true' '
 	rm repo/.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
 	git -C repo sparse-checkout init --cone &&