diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index fb04a76ca26..0f898a5ae14 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static void fsck_gitmodules_oids(struct oidset *gitmodules_oids)
 
 	oidset_iter_init(gitmodules_oids, &iter);
 	while ((oid = oidset_iter_next(&iter)))
-		register_found_gitmodules(oid);
+		register_found_gitmodules(&fo, oid);
 	if (fsck_finish(&fo))
 		die("fsck failed");
 }
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index a59832a1650..642bd2ef9da 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 #include "credential.h"
 #include "help.h"
 
-static struct oidset gitmodules_found = OIDSET_INIT;
-static struct oidset gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT;
-
 #define STR(x) #x
 #define MSG_ID(id, msg_type) { STR(id), NULL, NULL, FSCK_##msg_type },
 static struct {
@@ -606,7 +603,7 @@ static int fsck_tree(const struct object_id *oid,
 
 		if (is_hfs_dotgitmodules(name) || is_ntfs_dotgitmodules(name)) {
 			if (!S_ISLNK(mode))
-				oidset_insert(&gitmodules_found, oid);
+				oidset_insert(&options->gitmodules_found, oid);
 			else
 				retval += report(options,
 						 oid, OBJ_TREE,
@@ -620,7 +617,7 @@ static int fsck_tree(const struct object_id *oid,
 				has_dotgit |= is_ntfs_dotgit(backslash);
 				if (is_ntfs_dotgitmodules(backslash)) {
 					if (!S_ISLNK(mode))
-						oidset_insert(&gitmodules_found, oid);
+						oidset_insert(&options->gitmodules_found, oid);
 					else
 						retval += report(options, oid, OBJ_TREE,
 								 FSCK_MSG_GITMODULES_SYMLINK,
@@ -1132,9 +1129,9 @@ static int fsck_blob(const struct object_id *oid, const char *buf,
 	struct fsck_gitmodules_data data;
 	struct config_options config_opts = { 0 };
 
-	if (!oidset_contains(&gitmodules_found, oid))
+	if (!oidset_contains(&options->gitmodules_found, oid))
 		return 0;
-	oidset_insert(&gitmodules_done, oid);
+	oidset_insert(&options->gitmodules_done, oid);
 
 	if (object_on_skiplist(options, oid))
 		return 0;
@@ -1199,9 +1196,9 @@ int fsck_error_function(struct fsck_options *o,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-void register_found_gitmodules(const struct object_id *oid)
+void register_found_gitmodules(struct fsck_options *options, const struct object_id *oid)
 {
-	oidset_insert(&gitmodules_found, oid);
+	oidset_insert(&options->gitmodules_found, oid);
 }
 
 int fsck_finish(struct fsck_options *options)
@@ -1210,13 +1207,13 @@ int fsck_finish(struct fsck_options *options)
 	struct oidset_iter iter;
 	const struct object_id *oid;
 
-	oidset_iter_init(&gitmodules_found, &iter);
+	oidset_iter_init(&options->gitmodules_found, &iter);
 	while ((oid = oidset_iter_next(&iter))) {
 		enum object_type type;
 		unsigned long size;
 		char *buf;
 
-		if (oidset_contains(&gitmodules_done, oid))
+		if (oidset_contains(&options->gitmodules_done, oid))
 			continue;
 
 		buf = read_object_file(oid, &type, &size);
@@ -1241,8 +1238,8 @@ int fsck_finish(struct fsck_options *options)
 	}
 
 
-	oidset_clear(&gitmodules_found);
-	oidset_clear(&gitmodules_done);
+	oidset_clear(&options->gitmodules_found);
+	oidset_clear(&options->gitmodules_done);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fsck.h b/fsck.h
index d284bac3614..e20f9bcb394 100644
--- a/fsck.h
+++ b/fsck.h
@@ -118,15 +118,21 @@ struct fsck_options {
 	unsigned strict:1;
 	enum fsck_msg_type *msg_type;
 	struct oidset skiplist;
+	struct oidset gitmodules_found;
+	struct oidset gitmodules_done;
 	kh_oid_map_t *object_names;
 };
 
 #define FSCK_OPTIONS_DEFAULT { \
 	.skiplist = OIDSET_INIT, \
+	.gitmodules_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
+	.gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.error_func = fsck_error_function \
 }
 #define FSCK_OPTIONS_STRICT { \
 	.strict = 1, \
+	.gitmodules_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
+	.gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.error_func = fsck_error_function, \
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +152,8 @@ int fsck_walk(struct object *obj, void *data, struct fsck_options *options);
 int fsck_object(struct object *obj, void *data, unsigned long size,
 	struct fsck_options *options);
 
-void register_found_gitmodules(const struct object_id *oid);
+void register_found_gitmodules(struct fsck_options *options,
+			       const struct object_id *oid);
 
 /*
  * fsck a tag, and pass info about it back to the caller. This is
