1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 6172b3438d..0ea235f3d6 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ void write_untracked_extension(struct strbuf *out, struct untracked_cache *untra
 
 	varint_len = encode_varint(untracked->ident.len, varbuf);
 	strbuf_add(out, varbuf, varint_len);
-	strbuf_add(out, untracked->ident.buf, untracked->ident.len);
+	strbuf_addbuf(out, &untracked->ident);
 
 	strbuf_add(out, ouc, ouc_size(len));
 	free(ouc);