diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index e01b65950c..b8701ef7bc 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static inline void fetch_one_setup_partial(struct remote *remote)
 	 * the config.
 	 */
 	if (!filter_options.choice)
-		partial_clone_get_default_filter_spec(&filter_options);
+		partial_clone_get_default_filter_spec(&filter_options, remote->name);
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.c b/list-objects-filter-options.c
index 60452c8f36..755a793664 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "list-objects-filter.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "remote-odb.h"
+#include "odb-helper.h"
 
 /*
  * Parse value of the argument to the "filter" keyword.
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ static int gently_parse_list_objects_filter(
 {
 	const char *v0;
 
+	if (!arg)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (filter_options->choice) {
 		if (errbuf) {
 			strbuf_init(errbuf, 0);
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ void partial_clone_register(
 	const struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options)
 {
 	char *cfg_name;
+	char *filter_name;
 
 	/* Check if it is already registered */
 	if (find_odb_helper(remote))
@@ -131,27 +136,26 @@ void partial_clone_register(
 	/*
 	 * Record the initial filter-spec in the config as
 	 * the default for subsequent fetches from this remote.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: move core.partialclonefilter into odb.<name>
 	 */
-	core_partial_clone_filter_default =
-		xstrdup(filter_options->filter_spec);
-	git_config_set("core.partialclonefilter",
-		       core_partial_clone_filter_default);
+	filter_name = xstrfmt("odb.%s.partialclonefilter", remote);
+	git_config_set(filter_name, filter_options->filter_spec);
+	free(filter_name);
 
 	/* Make sure the config info are reset */
 	remote_odb_reinit();
 }
 
 void partial_clone_get_default_filter_spec(
-	struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options)
+	struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options,
+	const char *remote)
 {
+	struct odb_helper *helper = find_odb_helper(remote);
+
 	/*
 	 * Parse default value, but silently ignore it if it is invalid.
 	 */
-	if (!core_partial_clone_filter_default)
-		return;
-	gently_parse_list_objects_filter(filter_options,
-					 core_partial_clone_filter_default,
-					 NULL);
+	if (helper)
+		gently_parse_list_objects_filter(filter_options,
+						 helper->partial_clone_filter,
+						 NULL);
 }
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.h b/list-objects-filter-options.h
index 0000a61f82..12ceef3230 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.h
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ void partial_clone_register(
 	const char *remote,
 	const struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options);
 void partial_clone_get_default_filter_spec(
-	struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options);
+	struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options,
+	const char *remote);
 
 #endif /* LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_OPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/odb-helper.h b/odb-helper.h
index 950f9f9cd1..9ec3ff5141 100644
--- a/odb-helper.h
+++ b/odb-helper.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 struct odb_helper {
 	const char *name;                 /* odb.<NAME>.* */
 	const char *remote;               /* odb.<NAME>.promisorRemote */
+	const char *partial_clone_filter; /* odb.<NAME>.partialCloneFilter */
 
 	struct odb_helper *next;
 };
diff --git a/remote-odb.c b/remote-odb.c
index cd1b393b79..57d0215aaa 100644
--- a/remote-odb.c
+++ b/remote-odb.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static int remote_odb_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
 
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(subkey, "partialclonefilter"))
+		return git_config_string(&o->partial_clone_filter, var, value);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
index 9ead9860f5..8b32be6417 100755
--- a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ promise_and_delete () {
 test_expect_success 'promisor remote without filter' '
 	test_create_repo server &&
 	git clone --filter="blob:none" "file://$(pwd)/server" client &&
-	git -C client config --unset core.partialclonefilter &&
+	git -C client config --unset odb.origin.partialclonefilter &&
 	git -C client fetch origin
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
index 9897b8db12..12e964c1bc 100755
--- a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test_expect_success 'do partial clone 1' '
 	test_cmp expect_1.oids observed.oids &&
 	test "$(git -C pc1 config --local core.repositoryformatversion)" = "1" &&
 	test "$(git -C pc1 config --local odb.origin.promisorRemote)" = "origin" &&
-	test "$(git -C pc1 config --local core.partialclonefilter)" = "blob:none"
+	test "$(git -C pc1 config --local odb.origin.partialclonefilter)" = "blob:none"
 '
 
 # checkout master to force dynamic object fetch of blobs at HEAD.
