1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 55b08ec0b9..62cc74d7a9 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static char *replace_encoding_header(char *buf, const char *encoding)
 					  len - strlen("encoding \n"),
 					  encoding, strlen(encoding));
 	}
-	return tmp.buf;
+	return strbuf_detach(&tmp, NULL);
 }
 
 static char *logmsg_reencode(const struct commit *commit,