diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index fc3ed8bb1c..0a9067729e 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ static int pack_compression_seen;
 static int zlib_compression_seen;
 
 int trust_executable_bit = 1;
-int trust_ctime = 1;
 int check_stat = 1;
 int has_symlinks = 1;
 int minimum_abbrev = 4, default_abbrev = -1;
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.trustctime")) {
-		trust_ctime = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		cfg->trust_ctime = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.checkstat")) {
@@ -721,4 +720,5 @@ void repo_config_values_init(struct repo_config_values *cfg)
 	cfg->attributes_file = NULL;
 	cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = 0;
 	cfg->branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE;
+	cfg->trust_ctime = 1;
 }
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index 123a71cdc8..64d537686e 100644
--- a/environment.h
+++ b/environment.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct repo_config_values {
 	/* section "core" config values */
 	char *attributes_file;
 	int apply_sparse_checkout;
+	int trust_ctime;
 
 	/* section "branch" config values */
 	enum branch_track branch_track;
@@ -161,7 +162,6 @@ extern char *git_work_tree_cfg;
 
 /* Environment bits from configuration mechanism */
 extern int trust_executable_bit;
-extern int trust_ctime;
 extern int check_stat;
 extern int has_symlinks;
 extern int minimum_abbrev, default_abbrev;
diff --git a/statinfo.c b/statinfo.c
index 30a164b0e6..4fc12053f4 100644
--- a/statinfo.c
+++ b/statinfo.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "statinfo.h"
+#include "repository.h"
 
 /*
  * Munge st_size into an unsigned int.
@@ -63,17 +64,18 @@ void fake_lstat_data(const struct stat_data *sd, struct stat *st)
 int match_stat_data(const struct stat_data *sd, struct stat *st)
 {
 	int changed = 0;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	if (sd->sd_mtime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_mtime)
 		changed |= MTIME_CHANGED;
-	if (trust_ctime && check_stat &&
+	if (cfg->trust_ctime && check_stat &&
 	    sd->sd_ctime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_ctime)
 		changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 
 #ifdef USE_NSEC
 	if (check_stat && sd->sd_mtime.nsec != ST_MTIME_NSEC(*st))
 		changed |= MTIME_CHANGED;
-	if (trust_ctime && check_stat &&
+	if (cfg->trust_ctime && check_stat &&
 	    sd->sd_ctime.nsec != ST_CTIME_NSEC(*st))
 		changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 #endif