diff --git a/fsck.h b/fsck.h
index d07f7a2459..6f801e53b1 100644
--- a/fsck.h
+++ b/fsck.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ enum fsck_msg_type {
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_PATH, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_UPDATE, ERROR) \
 	/* warnings */ \
-	FUNC(BAD_FILEMODE, WARN) \
 	FUNC(EMPTY_NAME, WARN) \
 	FUNC(FULL_PATHNAME, WARN) \
 	FUNC(HAS_DOT, WARN) \
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ enum fsck_msg_type {
 	FUNC(ZERO_PADDED_FILEMODE, WARN) \
 	FUNC(NUL_IN_COMMIT, WARN) \
 	/* infos (reported as warnings, but ignored by default) */ \
+	FUNC(BAD_FILEMODE, INFO) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_PARSE, INFO) \
 	FUNC(GITIGNORE_SYMLINK, INFO) \
 	FUNC(GITATTRIBUTES_SYMLINK, INFO) \
diff --git a/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh b/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh
index b0b795aca9..ac4099ca89 100755
--- a/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh
+++ b/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh
@@ -352,4 +352,21 @@ test_expect_success \
 	grep "Cannot demote unterminatedheader" act
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'badFilemode is not a strict error' '
+	git init --bare badmode.git &&
+	tree=$(
+		cd badmode.git &&
+		blob=$(echo blob | git hash-object -w --stdin | hex2oct) &&
+		printf "123456 foo\0${blob}" |
+		git hash-object -t tree --stdin -w --literally
+	) &&
+
+	rm -rf dst.git &&
+	git init --bare dst.git &&
+	git -C dst.git config transfer.fsckObjects true &&
+
+	git -C badmode.git push ../dst.git $tree:refs/tags/tree 2>err &&
+	grep "$tree: badFilemode" err
+'
+
 test_done