diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 7262ce72ed..448896f1b1 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ static int module_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 struct status_cb {
 	const char *prefix;
+	const char *super_prefix;
 	unsigned int flags;
 };
 #define STATUS_CB_INIT { 0 }
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ static int handle_submodule_head_ref(const char *refname UNUSED,
 
 static void status_submodule(const char *path, const struct object_id *ce_oid,
 			     unsigned int ce_flags, const char *prefix,
-			     unsigned int flags)
+			     const char *super_prefix, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	char *displaypath;
 	struct strvec diff_files_args = STRVEC_INIT;
@@ -627,8 +628,7 @@ static void status_submodule(const char *path, const struct object_id *ce_oid,
 		die(_("no submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path '%s'"),
 		      path);
 
-	displaypath = get_submodule_displaypath(path, prefix,
-						get_super_prefix());
+	displaypath = get_submodule_displaypath(path, prefix, super_prefix);
 
 	if ((CE_STAGEMASK & ce_flags) >> CE_STAGESHIFT) {
 		print_status(flags, 'U', path, null_oid(), displaypath);
@@ -686,10 +686,10 @@ static void status_submodule(const char *path, const struct object_id *ce_oid,
 		cpr.dir = path;
 		prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cpr.env);
 
-		strvec_push(&cpr.args, "--super-prefix");
-		strvec_pushf(&cpr.args, "%s/", displaypath);
 		strvec_pushl(&cpr.args, "submodule--helper", "status",
 			     "--recursive", NULL);
+		strvec_push(&cpr.args, "--super-prefix");
+		strvec_pushf(&cpr.args, "%s/", displaypath);
 
 		if (flags & OPT_CACHED)
 			strvec_push(&cpr.args, "--cached");
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static void status_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item,
 	struct status_cb *info = cb_data;
 
 	status_submodule(list_item->name, &list_item->oid, list_item->ce_flags,
-			 info->prefix, info->flags);
+			 info->prefix, info->super_prefix, info->flags);
 }
 
 static int module_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ static int module_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
 	int quiet = 0;
 	struct option module_status_options[] = {
+		OPT__SUPER_PREFIX(&info.super_prefix),
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("suppress submodule status output")),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "cached", &info.flags, N_("use commit stored in the index instead of the one stored in the submodule HEAD"), OPT_CACHED),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "recursive", &info.flags, N_("recurse into nested submodules"), OPT_RECURSIVE),
@@ -3395,7 +3396,7 @@ int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	subcmd = argv[0];
 
 	if (strcmp(subcmd, "clone") && strcmp(subcmd, "update") &&
-	    strcmp(subcmd, "status") && get_super_prefix())
+	    get_super_prefix())
 		/*
 		 * xstrfmt() rather than "%s %s" to keep the translated
 		 * string identical to git.c's.