diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 100cbf9fb8..fb700c2d39 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ static char *opt_ff;
 static char *opt_verify_signatures;
 static char *opt_verify;
 static int opt_autostash = -1;
-static int config_autostash;
+static int rebase_autostash = 0;
+static int cfg_rebase_autostash;
 static int check_trust_level = 1;
 static struct strvec opt_strategies = STRVEC_INIT;
 static struct strvec opt_strategy_opts = STRVEC_INIT;
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ static int git_pull_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	int status;
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "rebase.autostash")) {
-		config_autostash = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		cfg_rebase_autostash = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	} else if (!strcmp(var, "submodule.recurse")) {
 		recurse_submodules = git_config_bool(var, value) ?
@@ -689,7 +690,7 @@ static int run_merge(void)
 		strvec_push(&args, opt_gpg_sign);
 	if (opt_autostash == 0)
 		strvec_push(&args, "--no-autostash");
-	else if (opt_autostash == 1)
+	else if (rebase_autostash == 1 || opt_autostash == 1)
 		strvec_push(&args, "--autostash");
 	if (opt_allow_unrelated_histories > 0)
 		strvec_push(&args, "--allow-unrelated-histories");
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ static int run_rebase(const struct object_id *newbase,
 		strvec_push(&args, opt_signoff);
 	if (opt_autostash == 0)
 		strvec_push(&args, "--no-autostash");
-	else if (opt_autostash == 1)
+	else if (rebase_autostash == 1)
 		strvec_push(&args, "--autostash");
 	if (opt_verify_signatures &&
 	    !strcmp(opt_verify_signatures, "--verify-signatures"))
@@ -1038,14 +1039,14 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		oidclr(&orig_head);
 
 	if (opt_rebase) {
-		int autostash = config_autostash;
+		rebase_autostash = cfg_rebase_autostash;
 		if (opt_autostash != -1)
-			autostash = opt_autostash;
+			rebase_autostash = opt_autostash;
 
 		if (is_null_oid(&orig_head) && !is_cache_unborn())
 			die(_("Updating an unborn branch with changes added to the index."));
 
-		if (!autostash)
+		if (!rebase_autostash)
 			require_clean_work_tree(the_repository,
 				N_("pull with rebase"),
 				_("please commit or stash them."), 1, 0);
diff --git a/t/t5521-pull-options.sh b/t/t5521-pull-options.sh
index 66cfcb09c5..28f551db8e 100755
--- a/t/t5521-pull-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5521-pull-options.sh
@@ -251,5 +251,56 @@ test_expect_success 'git pull --no-verify --verify passed to merge' '
 	test_commit -C src two &&
 	test_must_fail git -C dst pull --no-ff --no-verify --verify
 '
+test_expect_success 'git pull --rebase --autostash succeeds on ff' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr src dst actual" &&
+	git init src &&
+	test_commit -C src "initial" file "content" &&
+	git clone src dst &&
+	test_commit -C src --printf "more_content" file "more content\ncontent\n" &&
+	echo "dirty" >>dst/file &&
+	git -C dst pull --rebase --autostash >actual 2>&1 &&
+	grep -q "Fast-forward" actual &&
+	grep -q "Applied autostash." actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git pull --rebase with rebase.autostash succeeds on ff' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr src dst actual" &&
+	git init src &&
+	test_commit -C src "initial" file "content" &&
+	git clone src dst &&
+	test_commit -C src --printf "more_content" file "more content\ncontent\n" &&
+	echo "dirty" >>dst/file &&
+	test_config -C dst rebase.autostash true &&
+	git -C dst pull --rebase  >actual 2>&1 &&
+	grep -q "Fast-forward" actual &&
+	grep -q "Applied autostash." actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git pull --rebase --autostash succeeds on non-ff' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr src dst actual" &&
+	git init src &&
+	test_commit -C src "initial" file "content" &&
+	git clone src dst &&
+	test_commit -C src --printf "src_content" file "src content\ncontent\n" &&
+	test_commit -C dst --append "dst_content" file "dst content" &&
+	echo "dirty" >>dst/file &&
+	git -C dst pull --rebase --autostash >actual 2>&1 &&
+	grep -q "Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/main." actual &&
+	grep -q "Applied autostash." actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git pull --rebase with rebase.autostash succeeds on non-ff' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr src dst actual" &&
+	git init src &&
+	test_commit -C src "initial" file "content" &&
+	git clone src dst &&
+	test_commit -C src --printf "src_content" file "src content\ncontent\n" &&
+	test_commit -C dst --append "dst_content" file "dst content" &&
+	echo "dirty" >>dst/file &&
+	test_config -C dst rebase.autostash true &&
+	git -C dst pull --rebase >actual 2>&1 &&
+	grep -q "Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/main." actual &&
+	grep -q "Applied autostash." actual
+'
 
 test_done
