1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/blame.c b/blame.c
index ba1b33c7f4..a5c9bd78ab 100644
--- a/blame.c
+++ b/blame.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "blame.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
 
 define_commit_slab(blame_suspects, struct blame_origin *);
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(struct diff_options *opt,
 
 	read_cache();
 	time(&now);
-	commit = alloc_commit_node();
+	commit = alloc_commit_node(the_repository);
 	commit->object.parsed = 1;
 	commit->date = now;
 	parent_tail = &commit->parents;