1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 27927f2319..82e5b1b14f 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2387,7 +2387,8 @@ static void try_remove_empty_parents(char *name)
 /* make sure nobody touched the ref, and unlink */
 static void prune_ref(struct ref_to_prune *r)
 {
-	struct ref_lock *lock = lock_ref_sha1(r->name + 5, r->sha1);
+	struct ref_lock *lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(r->name, r->sha1,
+							0, NULL);
 
 	if (lock) {
 		unlink_or_warn(git_path("%s", r->name));