1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tree.c b/tree.c
index 1c68ea586b..63730e3fb4 100644
--- a/tree.c
+++ b/tree.c
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ struct tree *lookup_tree(const struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	struct object *obj = lookup_object(oid->hash);
 	if (!obj)
-		return create_object(oid->hash, alloc_tree_node());
+		return create_object(the_repository, oid->hash,
+				     alloc_tree_node());
 	return object_as_type(obj, OBJ_TREE, 0);
 }