1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 9d34b5a5da..7a8a8a1b4a 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -2132,16 +2132,13 @@ static int one_local_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 {
 	struct ref ***local_tail = cb_data;
 	struct ref *ref;
-	int len;
 
 	/* we already know it starts with refs/ to get here */
 	if (check_refname_format(refname + 5, 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	len = strlen(refname) + 1;
-	ref = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ref) + len);
+	ref = alloc_ref(refname);
 	oidcpy(&ref->new_oid, oid);
-	memcpy(ref->name, refname, len);
 	**local_tail = ref;
 	*local_tail = &ref->next;
 	return 0;