1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 1289df4b1f9..4753170fe12 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -3638,7 +3638,8 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, unsigned int flags)
 	else {
 		enum object_type type;
 		if (size_only || (flags & CHECK_BINARY)) {
-			type = oid_object_info(&s->oid, &s->size);
+			type = oid_object_info(the_repository, &s->oid,
+					       &s->size);
 			if (type < 0)
 				die("unable to read %s",
 				    oid_to_hex(&s->oid));