diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index 523501f217..ba5584463f 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int graph_verify(int argc, const char **argv)
 	FREE_AND_NULL(graph_name);
 
 	if (open_ok)
-		graph = load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(fd, &st, odb);
+		graph = load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(the_repository, fd, &st, odb);
 	else
 		graph = read_commit_graph_one(the_repository, odb);
 
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index d4b06811be..81a6f2a8ce 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ int open_commit_graph(const char *graph_file, int *fd, struct stat *st)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(int fd, struct stat *st,
+struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(struct repository *r,
+						 int fd, struct stat *st,
 						 struct object_directory *odb)
 {
 	void *graph_map;
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(int fd, struct stat *st,
 	}
 	graph_map = xmmap(NULL, graph_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
 	close(fd);
-	ret = parse_commit_graph(graph_map, graph_size);
+	ret = parse_commit_graph(r, graph_map, graph_size);
 
 	if (ret)
 		ret->odb = odb;
@@ -280,7 +281,8 @@ static int verify_commit_graph_lite(struct commit_graph *g)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(void *graph_map, size_t graph_size)
+struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(struct repository *r,
+					void *graph_map, size_t graph_size)
 {
 	const unsigned char *data, *chunk_lookup;
 	uint32_t i;
@@ -445,7 +447,9 @@ struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(void *graph_map, size_t graph_size)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one(const char *graph_file,
+
+static struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one(struct repository *r,
+						  const char *graph_file,
 						  struct object_directory *odb)
 {
 
@@ -457,7 +461,7 @@ static struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one(const char *graph_file,
 	if (!open_ok)
 		return NULL;
 
-	g = load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(fd, &st, odb);
+	g = load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(r, fd, &st, odb);
 
 	if (g)
 		g->filename = xstrdup(graph_file);
@@ -469,7 +473,7 @@ static struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_v1(struct repository *r,
 						 struct object_directory *odb)
 {
 	char *graph_name = get_commit_graph_filename(odb);
-	struct commit_graph *g = load_commit_graph_one(graph_name, odb);
+	struct commit_graph *g = load_commit_graph_one(r, graph_name, odb);
 	free(graph_name);
 
 	return g;
@@ -550,7 +554,7 @@ static struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_chain(struct repository *r,
 		valid = 0;
 		for (odb = r->objects->odb; odb; odb = odb->next) {
 			char *graph_name = get_split_graph_filename(odb, line.buf);
-			struct commit_graph *g = load_commit_graph_one(graph_name, odb);
+			struct commit_graph *g = load_commit_graph_one(r, graph_name, odb);
 
 			free(graph_name);
 
diff --git a/commit-graph.h b/commit-graph.h
index 0677dd1031..d9acb22bac 100644
--- a/commit-graph.h
+++ b/commit-graph.h
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ struct commit_graph {
 	struct bloom_filter_settings *bloom_filter_settings;
 };
 
-struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(int fd, struct stat *st,
+struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one_fd_st(struct repository *r,
+						 int fd, struct stat *st,
 						 struct object_directory *odb);
 struct commit_graph *read_commit_graph_one(struct repository *r,
 					   struct object_directory *odb);
-struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(void *graph_map, size_t graph_size);
+struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(struct repository *r,
+					void *graph_map, size_t graph_size);
 
 /*
  * Return 1 if and only if the repository has a commit-graph
diff --git a/fuzz-commit-graph.c b/fuzz-commit-graph.c
index 430817214d..e7cf6d5b0f 100644
--- a/fuzz-commit-graph.c
+++ b/fuzz-commit-graph.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #include "commit-graph.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 
-struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(void *graph_map, size_t graph_size);
+struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(struct repository *r,
+					void *graph_map, size_t graph_size);
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size);
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 	struct commit_graph *g;
 
 	initialize_the_repository();
-	g = parse_commit_graph((void *)data, size);
+	g = parse_commit_graph(the_repository, (void *)data, size);
 	repo_clear(the_repository);
 	free_commit_graph(g);
 
