diff --git a/builtin/fast-import.c b/builtin/fast-import.c
index 0f86392761abbe6acb217fef7f4fe7c3ff5ac1fa..6baf2b1b71e2443a7987a41e0cd246076682bf58 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-import.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-import.c
@@ -878,9 +878,10 @@ static void end_packfile(void)
 
 		close_pack_windows(pack_data);
 		finalize_hashfile(pack_file, cur_pack_oid.hash, FSYNC_COMPONENT_PACK, 0);
-		fixup_pack_header_footer(pack_data->pack_fd, pack_data->hash,
-					 pack_data->pack_name, object_count,
-					 cur_pack_oid.hash, pack_size);
+		fixup_pack_header_footer(the_hash_algo, pack_data->pack_fd,
+					 pack_data->hash, pack_data->pack_name,
+					 object_count, cur_pack_oid.hash,
+					 pack_size);
 
 		if (object_count <= unpack_limit) {
 			if (!loosen_small_pack(pack_data)) {
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 0bef61c57232e198ba539cd44ec301d26dcb0eb8..6c5e3483f4fe67fb2e26132c55b1f8395d60c11f 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ static void conclude_pack(int fix_thin_pack, const char *curr_pack, unsigned cha
 		strbuf_release(&msg);
 		finalize_hashfile(f, tail_hash, FSYNC_COMPONENT_PACK, 0);
 		hashcpy(read_hash, pack_hash, the_repository->hash_algo);
-		fixup_pack_header_footer(output_fd, pack_hash,
+		fixup_pack_header_footer(the_hash_algo, output_fd, pack_hash,
 					 curr_pack, nr_objects,
 					 read_hash, consumed_bytes-the_hash_algo->rawsz);
 		if (!hasheq(read_hash, tail_hash, the_repository->hash_algo))
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index d51c021d99d9f470c04b7ec52565ab2f4c1c19ae..ffc62930b68c9b4152057572ede216381a4b0991 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1319,8 +1319,9 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 			 */
 
 			int fd = finalize_hashfile(f, hash, FSYNC_COMPONENT_PACK, 0);
-			fixup_pack_header_footer(fd, hash, pack_tmp_name,
-						 nr_written, hash, offset);
+			fixup_pack_header_footer(the_hash_algo, fd, hash,
+						 pack_tmp_name, nr_written,
+						 hash, offset);
 			close(fd);
 			if (write_bitmap_index) {
 				if (write_bitmap_index != WRITE_BITMAP_QUIET)
diff --git a/bulk-checkin.c b/bulk-checkin.c
index 5044cb7fa083d692a3797e2491c27b61ec44c69c..c4b085f57f74fb8b998576ac9d84fed9e01ed0ed 100644
--- a/bulk-checkin.c
+++ b/bulk-checkin.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void flush_bulk_checkin_packfile(struct bulk_checkin_packfile *state)
 				  CSUM_HASH_IN_STREAM | CSUM_FSYNC | CSUM_CLOSE);
 	} else {
 		int fd = finalize_hashfile(state->f, hash, FSYNC_COMPONENT_PACK, 0);
-		fixup_pack_header_footer(fd, hash, state->pack_tmp_name,
+		fixup_pack_header_footer(the_hash_algo, fd, hash, state->pack_tmp_name,
 					 state->nr_written, hash,
 					 state->offset);
 		close(fd);
diff --git a/pack-write.c b/pack-write.c
index 98a8c0e7853d7b46b5ce9a9672e0249ff051b5f9..fc887850dfb9789132b8642733c6472944dbe32d 100644
--- a/pack-write.c
+++ b/pack-write.c
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ off_t write_pack_header(struct hashfile *f, uint32_t nr_entries)
  * partial_pack_sha1 can refer to the same buffer if the caller is not
  * interested in the resulting SHA1 of pack data above partial_pack_offset.
  */
-void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
+void fixup_pack_header_footer(const struct git_hash_algo *hash_algo,
+			 int pack_fd,
 			 unsigned char *new_pack_hash,
 			 const char *pack_name,
 			 uint32_t object_count,
@@ -393,8 +394,8 @@ void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
 	char *buf;
 	ssize_t read_result;
 
-	the_hash_algo->init_fn(&old_hash_ctx);
-	the_hash_algo->init_fn(&new_hash_ctx);
+	hash_algo->init_fn(&old_hash_ctx);
+	hash_algo->init_fn(&new_hash_ctx);
 
 	if (lseek(pack_fd, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
 		die_errno("Failed seeking to start of '%s'", pack_name);
@@ -406,9 +407,9 @@ void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
 			  pack_name);
 	if (lseek(pack_fd, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
 		die_errno("Failed seeking to start of '%s'", pack_name);
-	the_hash_algo->update_fn(&old_hash_ctx, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
+	hash_algo->update_fn(&old_hash_ctx, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
 	hdr.hdr_entries = htonl(object_count);
-	the_hash_algo->update_fn(&new_hash_ctx, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
+	hash_algo->update_fn(&new_hash_ctx, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
 	write_or_die(pack_fd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
 	partial_pack_offset -= sizeof(hdr);
 
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
 			break;
 		if (n < 0)
 			die_errno("Failed to checksum '%s'", pack_name);
-		the_hash_algo->update_fn(&new_hash_ctx, buf, n);
+		hash_algo->update_fn(&new_hash_ctx, buf, n);
 
 		aligned_sz -= n;
 		if (!aligned_sz)
@@ -432,13 +433,12 @@ void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
 		if (!partial_pack_hash)
 			continue;
 
-		the_hash_algo->update_fn(&old_hash_ctx, buf, n);
+		hash_algo->update_fn(&old_hash_ctx, buf, n);
 		partial_pack_offset -= n;
 		if (partial_pack_offset == 0) {
 			unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
-			the_hash_algo->final_fn(hash, &old_hash_ctx);
-			if (!hasheq(hash, partial_pack_hash,
-				    the_repository->hash_algo))
+			hash_algo->final_fn(hash, &old_hash_ctx);
+			if (!hasheq(hash, partial_pack_hash, hash_algo))
 				die("Unexpected checksum for %s "
 				    "(disk corruption?)", pack_name);
 			/*
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
 			 * pack, which also means making partial_pack_offset
 			 * big enough not to matter anymore.
 			 */
-			the_hash_algo->init_fn(&old_hash_ctx);
+			hash_algo->init_fn(&old_hash_ctx);
 			partial_pack_offset = ~partial_pack_offset;
 			partial_pack_offset -= MSB(partial_pack_offset, 1);
 		}
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
 	free(buf);
 
 	if (partial_pack_hash)
-		the_hash_algo->final_fn(partial_pack_hash, &old_hash_ctx);
-	the_hash_algo->final_fn(new_pack_hash, &new_hash_ctx);
-	write_or_die(pack_fd, new_pack_hash, the_hash_algo->rawsz);
+		hash_algo->final_fn(partial_pack_hash, &old_hash_ctx);
+	hash_algo->final_fn(new_pack_hash, &new_hash_ctx);
+	write_or_die(pack_fd, new_pack_hash, hash_algo->rawsz);
 	fsync_component_or_die(FSYNC_COMPONENT_PACK, pack_fd, pack_name);
 }
 
diff --git a/pack.h b/pack.h
index a8da0406299bf267205256aaa8efb215f2ff73be..6d9d477adc83e83d9e9175ccf699c100b4c147c6 100644
--- a/pack.h
+++ b/pack.h
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ int check_pack_crc(struct packed_git *p, struct pack_window **w_curs, off_t offs
 int verify_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
 int verify_pack(struct repository *, struct packed_git *, verify_fn fn, struct progress *, uint32_t);
 off_t write_pack_header(struct hashfile *f, uint32_t);
-void fixup_pack_header_footer(int, unsigned char *, const char *, uint32_t, unsigned char *, off_t);
+void fixup_pack_header_footer(const struct git_hash_algo *, int,
+			      unsigned char *, const char *, uint32_t,
+			      unsigned char *, off_t);
 char *index_pack_lockfile(int fd, int *is_well_formed);
 
 struct ref;
