1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index c10eca8826..31de6c16bd 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -190,9 +190,13 @@ static int interpret_target(struct walker *walker, char *target, unsigned char *
 	if (!get_sha1_hex(target, sha1))
 		return 0;
 	if (!check_ref_format(target)) {
-		if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, target, sha1)) {
+		struct ref *ref = alloc_ref_from_str(target);
+		if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, ref)) {
+			hashcpy(sha1, ref->old_sha1);
+			free(ref);
 			return 0;
 		}
+		free(ref);
 	}
 	return -1;
 }