diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccb06d0b744..0106851936f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Bug fixes
 
 * [#7882](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/7882): Fix `Style/CaseEquality` when `AllowOnConstant` is `true` and the method receiver is implicit. ([@rafaelfranca][])
+* [#7790](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/7790): Fix `--parallel` and `--ignore-parent-exclusion` combination. ([@jonas054][])
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cli.rb b/lib/rubocop/cli.rb
index 107b2b4fb59..030043bc6c6 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cli.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def run(args = ARGV)
       if @options[:init]
         run_command(:init)
       else
+        set_options_to_config_loader
         validate_options_vs_config
         act_on_options
         apply_default_formatter
@@ -83,8 +84,6 @@ def validate_options_vs_config
     end
 
     def act_on_options
-      set_options_to_config_loader
-
       @config_store.options_config = @options[:config] if @options[:config]
       @config_store.force_default_config! if @options[:force_default_config]
 
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb
index 451815b69ae..bca6206f797 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@
           expect($stdout.string).not_to match(/Running parallel inspection/)
         end
       end
+
+      context 'in combination with --ignore-parent-exclusion' do
+        before do
+          create_file('.rubocop.yml', ['AllCops:',
+                                       '  Exclude:',
+                                       '    - subdir/*'])
+          create_file('subdir/.rubocop.yml', ['AllCops:',
+                                              '  Exclude:',
+                                              '    - foobar'])
+          create_file('subdir/test.rb', 'puts 1')
+        end
+
+        it 'does ignore the exclusion in the parent directory configuration' do
+          Dir.chdir('subdir') do
+            cli.run ['--parallel', '--ignore-parent-exclusion']
+          end
+          expect($stdout.string).to match(/Inspecting 1 file/)
+        end
+      end
     end
   end