diff --git a/pack-bitmap-write.c b/pack-bitmap-write.c
index bf96c80898..7787600234 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap-write.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap-write.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void bitmap_writer_init(struct bitmap_writer *writer, struct repository *r)
 
 	string_list_init_dup(&writer->pseudo_merge_groups);
 
-	load_pseudo_merges_from_config(&writer->pseudo_merge_groups);
+	load_pseudo_merges_from_config(r, &writer->pseudo_merge_groups);
 }
 
 static void free_pseudo_merge_commit_idx(struct pseudo_merge_commit_idx *idx)
diff --git a/pseudo-merge.c b/pseudo-merge.c
index 77a83b9c5c..1d7f5381a4 100644
--- a/pseudo-merge.c
+++ b/pseudo-merge.c
@@ -183,11 +183,12 @@ done:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void load_pseudo_merges_from_config(struct string_list *list)
+void load_pseudo_merges_from_config(struct repository *r,
+				    struct string_list *list)
 {
 	struct string_list_item *item;
 
-	git_config(pseudo_merge_config, list);
+	repo_config(r, pseudo_merge_config, list);
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, list) {
 		struct pseudo_merge_group *group = item->util;
diff --git a/pseudo-merge.h b/pseudo-merge.h
index 2aca01d056..3aecba772b 100644
--- a/pseudo-merge.h
+++ b/pseudo-merge.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct commit;
 struct string_list;
 struct bitmap_index;
 struct bitmap_writer;
+struct repository;
 
 /*
  * A pseudo-merge group tracks the set of non-bitmapped reference tips
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ struct pseudo_merge_matches {
  * entry keys are the pseudo-merge group names, and the values are
  * pointers to the pseudo_merge_group structure itself.
  */
-void load_pseudo_merges_from_config(struct string_list *list);
+void load_pseudo_merges_from_config(struct repository *r, struct string_list *list);
 
 /*
  * A pseudo-merge commit index (pseudo_merge_commit_idx) maps a