1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/diff-index.c b/builtin/diff-index.c
index 5fd23ab5b6..3a83183c31 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-index.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-index.c
@@ -71,5 +71,7 @@ int cmd_diff_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	result = run_diff_index(&rev, option);
 	UNLEAK(rev);
-	return diff_result_code(&rev.diffopt, result);
+	result = diff_result_code(&rev.diffopt, result);
+	release_revisions(&rev);
+	return result;
 }