1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index b463078d57..5c8f3e16e8 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -3626,7 +3626,7 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, unsigned int flags)
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
-		s->data = read_sha1_file(s->oid.hash, &type, &s->size);
+		s->data = read_object_file(&s->oid, &type, &s->size);
 		if (!s->data)
 			die("unable to read %s", oid_to_hex(&s->oid));
 		s->should_free = 1;