1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index c10eca8826..0e68ee6d2e 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static int process_tree(struct walker *walker, struct tree *tree)
 	free(tree->buffer);
 	tree->buffer = NULL;
 	tree->size = 0;
+	tree->object.parsed = 0;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -190,9 +191,13 @@ static int interpret_target(struct walker *walker, char *target, unsigned char *
 	if (!get_sha1_hex(target, sha1))
 		return 0;
 	if (!check_ref_format(target)) {
-		if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, target, sha1)) {
+		struct ref *ref = alloc_ref_from_str(target);
+		if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, ref)) {
+			hashcpy(sha1, ref->old_sha1);
+			free(ref);
 			return 0;
 		}
+		free(ref);
 	}
 	return -1;
 }