1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 31976b5d70..6b06297a5f 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ struct object *parse_object_buffer(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type t
 		struct tree *tree = lookup_tree(sha1);
 		if (tree) {
 			obj = &tree->object;
+			if (!tree->buffer)
+				tree->object.parsed = 0;
 			if (!tree->object.parsed) {
 				if (parse_tree_buffer(tree, buffer, size))
 					return NULL;
@@ -189,10 +191,15 @@ struct object *parse_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	enum object_type type;
 	int eaten;
 	const unsigned char *repl = lookup_replace_object(sha1);
-	void *buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+	void *buffer;
+	struct object *obj;
+
+	obj = lookup_object(sha1);
+	if (obj && obj->parsed)
+		return obj;
 
+	buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
 	if (buffer) {
-		struct object *obj;
 		if (check_sha1_signature(repl, buffer, size, typename(type)) < 0) {
 			free(buffer);
 			error("sha1 mismatch %s\n", sha1_to_hex(repl));