diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 8992dd6ae8..6b506aeea3 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2297,6 +2297,7 @@ static struct ref_store *ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
 	struct ref_store *refs;
 	struct ref_store_init_options opts = {
 		.access_flags = flags,
+		.log_all_ref_updates = repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates(repo),
 	};
 
 	be = find_ref_storage_backend(format);
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 72afe62cee..4b2faf4777 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static struct ref_store *files_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
 	refs->packed_ref_store =
 		packed_ref_store_init(repo, NULL, refs->gitcommondir, opts);
 	refs->store_flags = opts->access_flags;
-	refs->log_all_ref_updates = repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates(repo);
+	refs->log_all_ref_updates = opts->log_all_ref_updates;
 
 	repo_config_get_bool(repo, "core.prefersymlinkrefs", &refs->prefer_symlink_refs);
 
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index f49b3807bf..d103387ebf 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -392,6 +392,12 @@ struct ref_store;
 struct ref_store_init_options {
 	/* The kind of operations that the ref_store is allowed to perform. */
 	unsigned int access_flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Denotes under what conditions reflogs should be created when updating
+	 * references.
+	 */
+	enum log_refs_config log_all_ref_updates;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index ad4ee2627c..93374d25c2 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
 
 	base_ref_store_init(&refs->base, repo, refdir.buf, &refs_be_reftable);
 	strmap_init(&refs->worktree_backends);
-	refs->log_all_ref_updates = repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates(repo);
+	refs->log_all_ref_updates = opts->log_all_ref_updates;
 	refs->store_flags = opts->access_flags;
 
 	switch (repo->hash_algo->format_id) {