diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index bb4f6d8d76..4e806176b0 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ static int do_push_stash(const struct pathspec *ps, const char *stash_msg, int q
 			struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 			cp.git_cmd = 1;
 			argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "reset", "--hard", "-q",
-					 NULL);
+					 "--no-recurse-submodules", NULL);
 			if (run_command(&cp)) {
 				ret = -1;
 				goto done;
diff --git a/git-legacy-stash.sh b/git-legacy-stash.sh
index f60e9b3e87..07ad4a5459 100755
--- a/git-legacy-stash.sh
+++ b/git-legacy-stash.sh
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ push_stash () {
 			git diff-index -p --cached --binary HEAD -- "$@" |
 			git apply --index -R
 		else
-			git reset --hard -q
+			git reset --hard -q --no-recurse-submodules
 		fi
 
 		if test "$keep_index" = "t" && test -n "$i_tree"
diff --git a/t/t3906-stash-submodule.sh b/t/t3906-stash-submodule.sh
index d7219d6f8f..b93d1d74da 100755
--- a/t/t3906-stash-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t3906-stash-submodule.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='stash apply can handle submodules'
+test_description='stash can handle submodules'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-submodule-update.sh
@@ -21,4 +21,44 @@ KNOWN_FAILURE_CHERRY_PICK_SEES_EMPTY_COMMIT=1
 KNOWN_FAILURE_NOFF_MERGE_DOESNT_CREATE_EMPTY_SUBMODULE_DIR=1
 test_submodule_switch "git_stash"
 
+setup_basic () {
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf main sub" &&
+	git init sub &&
+	(
+		cd sub &&
+		test_commit sub_file
+	) &&
+	git init main &&
+	(
+		cd main &&
+		git submodule add ../sub &&
+		test_commit main_file
+	)
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'stash push with submodule.recurse=true preserves dirty submodule worktree' '
+	setup_basic &&
+	(
+		cd main &&
+		git config submodule.recurse true &&
+		echo "x" >main_file.t &&
+		echo "y" >sub/sub_file.t &&
+		git stash push &&
+		test_must_fail git -C sub diff --quiet
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'stash push and pop with submodule.recurse=true preserves dirty submodule worktree' '
+	setup_basic &&
+	(
+		cd main &&
+		git config submodule.recurse true &&
+		echo "x" >main_file.t &&
+		echo "y" >sub/sub_file.t &&
+		git stash push &&
+		git stash pop &&
+		test_must_fail git -C sub diff --quiet
+	)
+'
+
 test_done