diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index ac94f8d4292ff3..2d7ad2bddff345 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -4407,6 +4407,7 @@ static struct commit *get_revision_internal(struct rev_info *revs)
 				c = get_revision_1(revs);
 				if (!c)
 					break;
+				free_commit_buffer(revs->repo->parsed_objects, c);
 			}
 		}