diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/PreferMemberInitializerCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/PreferMemberInitializerCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/PreferMemberInitializerCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/PreferMemberInitializerCheck.cpp
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@
     : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
       IsUseDefaultMemberInitEnabled(
           Context->isCheckEnabled("modernize-use-default-member-init")),
-      UseAssignment(OptionsView("modernize-use-default-member-init",
-                                Context->getOptions().CheckOptions, Context)
-                        .get("UseAssignment", false)) {}
+      UseAssignment(
+          Options.get("UseAssignment",
+                      OptionsView("modernize-use-default-member-init",
+                                  Context->getOptions().CheckOptions, Context)
+                          .get("UseAssignment", false))) {}
 
 void PreferMemberInitializerCheck::storeOptions(
     ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer.rst
@@ -85,9 +85,11 @@
 
 .. option:: UseAssignment
 
-   If this option is set to `true` (default is `false`), the check will initialize
-   members with an assignment. In this case the fix of the first example looks
-   like this:
+   If this option is set to `true` (by default `UseAssignment` from
+   `modernize-use-default-member-init
+   <../modernize/use-default-member-init.html>`_ will be used),
+   the check will initialize members with an assignment.
+   In this case the fix of the first example looks like this:
 
 .. code-block:: c++
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init-assignment.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init-assignment.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init-assignment.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init-assignment.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 // RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cppcoreguidelines-prefer-member-initializer,modernize-use-default-member-init %t -- \
 // RUN: -config="{CheckOptions: [{key: modernize-use-default-member-init.UseAssignment, value: true}]}"
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cppcoreguidelines-prefer-member-initializer,modernize-use-default-member-init %t -- \
+// RUN: -config="{CheckOptions: [{key: modernize-use-default-member-init.UseAssignment, value: false}, \
+// RUN:                          {key: cppcoreguidelines-prefer-member-initializer.UseAssignment, value: true}]}"
 
 class Simple1 {
   int n;
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer-modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 // RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cppcoreguidelines-prefer-member-initializer,modernize-use-default-member-init %t
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cppcoreguidelines-prefer-member-initializer,modernize-use-default-member-init %t -- \
+// RUN: -config="{CheckOptions: [{key: modernize-use-default-member-init.UseAssignment, value: true}, \
+// RUN:                          {key: cppcoreguidelines-prefer-member-initializer.UseAssignment, value: false}]}"
 
 class Simple1 {
   int n;