diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index fab8f4dd4f..a02d6b7806 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ static int reflog_expire_condition(struct gc_config *cfg UNUSED)
 				 count_reflog_entries, &data);
 
 	reflog_expiry_cleanup(&data.policy);
+	reflog_clear_expire_config(&data.policy.opts);
 	return data.count >= data.limit;
 }
 
diff --git a/builtin/reflog.c b/builtin/reflog.c
index 3acaf3e32c..d4da41aaea 100644
--- a/builtin/reflog.c
+++ b/builtin/reflog.c
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ static int cmd_reflog_expire(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 					     &cb);
 		free(ref);
 	}
+
+	reflog_clear_expire_config(&opts);
+
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/reflog.c b/reflog.c
index 39c205fd26..9a68524df8 100644
--- a/reflog.c
+++ b/reflog.c
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@ int reflog_expire_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void reflog_clear_expire_config(struct reflog_expire_options *opts)
+{
+	struct reflog_expire_entry_option *ent = opts->entries, *tmp;
+
+	while (ent) {
+		tmp = ent;
+		ent = ent->next;
+		free(tmp);
+	}
+
+	opts->entries = NULL;
+	opts->entries_tail = NULL;
+}
+
 void reflog_expire_options_set_refname(struct reflog_expire_options *cb,
 				       const char *ref)
 {
diff --git a/reflog.h b/reflog.h
index 63bb56280f..74b3f3c4f0 100644
--- a/reflog.h
+++ b/reflog.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ struct reflog_expire_options {
 int reflog_expire_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			 const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb);
 
+void reflog_clear_expire_config(struct reflog_expire_options *opts);
+
 /*
  * Adapt the options so that they apply to the given refname. This applies any
  * per-reference reflog expiry configuration that may exist to the options.
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index 42b501f163..e30f87a358 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
@@ -673,4 +673,32 @@ test_expect_success 'reflog drop --all with reference' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'expire with pattern config' '
+	# Split refs/heads/ into two roots so we can apply config to each. Make
+	# two branches per root to verify that config is applied correctly
+	# multiple times.
+	git branch root1/branch1 &&
+	git branch root1/branch2 &&
+	git branch root2/branch1 &&
+	git branch root2/branch2 &&
+
+	test_config "gc.reflogexpire" "never" &&
+	test_config "gc.refs/heads/root2/*.reflogExpire" "now" &&
+	git reflog expire \
+		root1/branch1 root1/branch2 \
+		root2/branch1 root2/branch2 &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	root1/branch1@{0}
+	root1/branch2@{0}
+	EOF
+	git log -g --branches="root*" --format=%gD >actual.raw &&
+	# The sole reflog entry of each branch points to the same commit, so
+	# the order in which they are shown is nondeterministic. We just care
+	# about the what was expired (and what was not), so sort to get a known
+	# order.
+	sort <actual.raw >actual.sorted &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.sorted
+'
+
 test_done