1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 71fbbb694f..cc7a8a66fa 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ static struct ref *parse_info_refs(struct discovery *heads)
 				    url.buf);
 			data[i] = 0;
 			ref_name = mid + 1;
-			ref = xmalloc(sizeof(struct ref) +
-				      strlen(ref_name) + 1);
-			memset(ref, 0, sizeof(struct ref));
-			strcpy(ref->name, ref_name);
+			ref = alloc_ref(ref_name);
 			get_sha1_hex(start, ref->old_sha1);
 			if (!refs)
 				refs = ref;