1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tree.c b/tree.c
index 244eb5e665..2c9c49725c 100644
--- a/tree.c
+++ b/tree.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 
 const char *tree_type = "tree";
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@ 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(the_repository));
 	return object_as_type(obj, OBJ_TREE, 0);
 }