1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 4377ce2fb1..45029ea142 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
 		transaction = ref_transaction_begin(&err);
 		if (!transaction ||
 		    ref_transaction_update(transaction, ref.buf,
-					   oid.hash, forcing ? NULL : null_sha1,
+					   &oid, forcing ? NULL : &null_oid,
 					   0, msg, &err) ||
 		    ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err))
 			die("%s", err.buf);