diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index dda961a32b..6361b27015 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "../setup.h"
 #include "../strmap.h"
 #include "../trace2.h"
+#include "../worktree.h"
 #include "../write-or-die.h"
 #include "refs-internal.h"
 
@@ -2762,25 +2763,23 @@ static int reftable_fsck_error_handler(struct reftable_fsck_info *info,
 }
 
 static int reftable_be_fsck(struct ref_store *ref_store, struct fsck_options *o,
-			    struct worktree *wt UNUSED)
+			    struct worktree *wt)
 {
-	struct reftable_ref_store *refs;
-	struct strmap_entry *entry;
-	struct hashmap_iter iter;
-	int ret = 0;
+	struct reftable_ref_store *refs =
+		reftable_be_downcast(ref_store, REF_STORE_READ, "fsck");
+	struct reftable_backend *backend;
 
-	refs = reftable_be_downcast(ref_store, REF_STORE_READ, "fsck");
-
-	ret |= reftable_fsck_check(refs->main_backend.stack, reftable_fsck_error_handler,
-				   reftable_fsck_verbose_handler, o);
-
-	strmap_for_each_entry(&refs->worktree_backends, &iter, entry) {
-		struct reftable_backend *b = (struct reftable_backend *)entry->value;
-		ret |= reftable_fsck_check(b->stack, reftable_fsck_error_handler,
-					   reftable_fsck_verbose_handler, o);
+	if (is_main_worktree(wt)) {
+		backend = &refs->main_backend;
+	} else {
+		int ret = backend_for_worktree(&backend, refs, wt->id);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return error(_("reftable stack for worktree '%s' is broken"),
+				     wt->id);
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return reftable_fsck_check(backend->stack, reftable_fsck_error_handler,
+				   reftable_fsck_verbose_handler, o);
 }
 
 struct ref_storage_be refs_be_reftable = {
diff --git a/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh b/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh
index 677eb9143c..4757eb5931 100755
--- a/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh
@@ -55,4 +55,36 @@ for TABLE_NAME in "foo-bar-e4d12d59.ref" \
 	'
 done
 
+test_expect_success 'worktree stacks can be verified' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo worktree" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	test_commit -C repo initial &&
+	git -C repo worktree add ../worktree &&
+
+	git -C worktree refs verify 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+
+	REFTABLE_DIR=$(git -C worktree rev-parse --git-dir)/reftable &&
+	EXISTING_TABLE=$(head -n1 "$REFTABLE_DIR/tables.list") &&
+	mv "$REFTABLE_DIR/$EXISTING_TABLE" "$REFTABLE_DIR/broken.ref" &&
+
+	for d in repo worktree
+	do
+		echo "broken.ref" >"$REFTABLE_DIR/tables.list" &&
+		git -C "$d" refs verify 2>err &&
+		cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		warning: broken.ref: badReftableTableName: invalid reftable table name
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expect err &&
+
+		echo garbage >"$REFTABLE_DIR/tables.list" &&
+		test_must_fail git -C "$d" refs verify 2>err &&
+		cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		error: reftable stack for worktree ${SQ}worktree${SQ} is broken
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expect err || return 1
+
+	done
+'
+
 test_done