1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 915aeb4d1d..e4b1f4f8b1 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ struct ref_store *repo_get_submodule_ref_store(struct repository *repo,
 		free(subrepo);
 		goto done;
 	}
-	refs = ref_store_init(subrepo, the_repository->ref_storage_format,
+	refs = ref_store_init(subrepo, subrepo->ref_storage_format,
 			      submodule_sb.buf,
 			      REF_STORE_READ | REF_STORE_ODB);
 	register_ref_store_map(&repo->submodule_ref_stores, "submodule",