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",
diff --git a/t/t7424-submodule-mixed-ref-formats.sh b/t/t7424-submodule-mixed-ref-formats.sh
index 4e4991d04c..d4e184970a 100755
--- a/t/t7424-submodule-mixed-ref-formats.sh
+++ b/t/t7424-submodule-mixed-ref-formats.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,23 @@ do
 	fi
 
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
-	git config set --global protocol.file.allow always
+	git config set --global protocol.file.allow always &&
+	# Some tests migrate the ref storage format, which does not work with
+	# reflogs at the time of writing these tests.
+	git config set --global core.logAllRefUpdates false
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'add existing repository with different ref storage format' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf parent" &&
+
+	git init parent &&
+	(
+		cd parent &&
+		test_commit parent &&
+		git init --ref-format=$OTHER_FORMAT submodule &&
+		test_commit -C submodule submodule &&
+		git submodule add ./submodule
+	)
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'recursive clone propagates ref storage format' '
@@ -59,6 +75,58 @@ test_expect_success 'clone submodules with different ref storage format' '
 	test_ref_format downstream/submodule "$OTHER_FORMAT"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'status with mixed submodule ref storages' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf submodule main" &&
+
+	git init submodule &&
+	test_commit -C submodule submodule-initial &&
+	git init main &&
+	git -C main submodule add "file://$(pwd)/submodule" &&
+	git -C main commit -m "add submodule" &&
+	git -C main/submodule refs migrate --ref-format=$OTHER_FORMAT &&
+
+	# The main repository should use the default ref format now, whereas
+	# the submodule should use the other format.
+	test_ref_format main "$GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT" &&
+	test_ref_format main/submodule "$OTHER_FORMAT" &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	 $(git -C main/submodule rev-parse HEAD) submodule (submodule-initial)
+	EOF
+	git -C main submodule status >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'recursive pull with mixed formats' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf submodule upstream downstream" &&
+
+	# Set up the initial structure with an upstream repository that has a
+	# submodule, as well as a downstream clone of the upstream repository.
+	git init submodule &&
+	test_commit -C submodule submodule-initial &&
+	git init upstream &&
+	git -C upstream submodule add "file://$(pwd)/submodule" &&
+	git -C upstream commit -m "upstream submodule" &&
+
+	# Clone the upstream repository such that the main repo and its
+	# submodules have different formats.
+	git clone --no-recurse-submodules "file://$(pwd)/upstream" downstream &&
+	git -C downstream submodule update --init --ref-format=$OTHER_FORMAT &&
+	test_ref_format downstream "$GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT" &&
+	test_ref_format downstream/submodule "$OTHER_FORMAT" &&
+
+	# Update the upstream submodule as well as the owning repository such
+	# that we can do a recursive pull.
+	test_commit -C submodule submodule-update &&
+	git -C upstream/submodule pull &&
+	git -C upstream commit -am "update the submodule" &&
+
+	git -C downstream pull --recurse-submodules &&
+	git -C upstream/submodule rev-parse HEAD >expect &&
+	git -C downstream/submodule rev-parse HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 done
 
 test_done