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diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 206c103635..7695fe8919 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1309,12 +1309,10 @@ int merge_recursive(struct merge_options *o,
merged_common_ancestors = pop_commit(&ca);
if (merged_common_ancestors == NULL) {
- /* if there is no common ancestor, make an empty tree */
- struct tree *tree = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct tree));
+ /* if there is no common ancestor, use an empty tree */
+ struct tree *tree;
- tree->object.parsed = 1;
- tree->object.type = OBJ_TREE;
- pretend_sha1_file(NULL, 0, OBJ_TREE, tree->object.sha1);
+ tree = lookup_tree((const unsigned char *)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
merged_common_ancestors = make_virtual_commit(tree, "ancestor");
}