diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c
index 72a46b7a54..a81897b4e0 100644
--- a/submodule-config.c
+++ b/submodule-config.c
@@ -1038,5 +1038,5 @@ static int gitmodules_update_clone_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 
 void update_clone_config_from_gitmodules(int *max_jobs)
 {
-	config_from_gitmodules(gitmodules_update_clone_config, the_repository, &max_jobs);
+	config_from_gitmodules(gitmodules_update_clone_config, the_repository, max_jobs);
 }
diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
index 3adab12091..6abb00876a 100755
--- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
+++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
@@ -1055,6 +1055,14 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update can be run in parallel' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'submodule update honors fetch jobs config from .gitmodules' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf super3" &&
+	git clone cloned super3 &&
+	git -C super3 config -f .gitmodules submodule.fetchJobs 67 &&
+	GIT_TRACE="$(pwd)/trace.out" git -C super3 submodule update --init &&
+	test_grep "67 tasks" trace.out
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git clone passes the parallel jobs config on to submodules' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf super4" &&
 	GIT_TRACE=$(pwd)/trace.out git clone --recurse-submodules --jobs 7 . super4 &&