3 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/alloc.c b/alloc.c
index 12afadfacd..6c5c376a25 100644
--- a/alloc.c
+++ b/alloc.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline void *alloc_node(struct alloc_state *s, size_t node_size)
 }
 
 static struct alloc_state blob_state;
-void *alloc_blob_node(void)
+void *alloc_blob_node_the_repository(void)
 {
 	struct blob *b = alloc_node(&blob_state, sizeof(struct blob));
 	b->object.type = OBJ_BLOB;
diff --git a/blob.c b/blob.c
index 85c2143f29..9e64f30189 100644
--- a/blob.c
+++ b/blob.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct blob *lookup_blob(const struct object_id *oid)
 	struct object *obj = lookup_object(oid->hash);
 	if (!obj)
 		return create_object(the_repository, oid->hash,
-				     alloc_blob_node());
+				     alloc_blob_node(the_repository));
 	return object_as_type(obj, OBJ_BLOB, 0);
 }
 
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 3a4d80e92b..2258e61127 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1764,7 +1764,8 @@ int decode_85(char *dst, const char *line, int linelen);
 void encode_85(char *buf, const unsigned char *data, int bytes);
 
 /* alloc.c */
-extern void *alloc_blob_node(void);
+#define alloc_blob_node(r) alloc_blob_node_##r()
+extern void *alloc_blob_node_the_repository(void);
 extern void *alloc_tree_node(void);
 extern void *alloc_commit_node(void);
 extern void *alloc_tag_node(void);