diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 079dcd3407881ce0ea988c3f487faf8ca6d3e5d2..4d254665094322196e6dbb8a3da3009b4b3966db 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -1554,8 +1554,7 @@ static void assign_blame(struct scoreboard *sb, int opt)
 		 */
 		origin_incref(suspect);
 		commit = suspect->commit;
-		if (!commit->object.parsed)
-			parse_commit(commit);
+		parse_commit(commit);
 		if (reverse ||
 		    (!(commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING) &&
 		     !(revs->max_age != -1 && commit->date < revs->max_age)))
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index 0aaa19e4abeb462b2f1d05d5e03aa29bee810db8..26f40330e30842ffb9995f32be9604bec9e1f940 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ static void name_rev(struct commit *commit,
 	struct commit_list *parents;
 	int parent_number = 1;
 
-	if (!commit->object.parsed)
-		parse_commit(commit);
+	parse_commit(commit);
 
 	if (commit->date < cutoff)
 		return;
diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c
index 9788eb115beb2ab5663bd1d318ce411099589321..3afc79b2c3062ccd6ce3e61dadaac9fe33ff9575 100644
--- a/builtin/show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin/show-branch.c
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ static void join_revs(struct commit_list **list_p,
 			parents = parents->next;
 			if ((this_flag & flags) == flags)
 				continue;
-			if (!p->object.parsed)
-				parse_commit(p);
+			parse_commit(p);
 			if (mark_seen(p, seen_p) && !still_interesting)
 				extra--;
 			p->object.flags |= flags;
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 6684348c0ec9ea742eb98666b56a0bfcef316560..86b69775e329565fe1acf995aa122030e1b5e90f 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ static void rev_list_push(struct commit *commit, int mark)
 	if (!(commit->object.flags & mark)) {
 		commit->object.flags |= mark;
 
-		if (!(commit->object.parsed))
-			if (parse_commit(commit))
-				return;
+		if (parse_commit(commit))
+			return;
 
 		prio_queue_put(&rev_list, commit);
 
@@ -127,8 +126,7 @@ static const unsigned char *get_rev(void)
 			return NULL;
 
 		commit = prio_queue_get(&rev_list);
-		if (!commit->object.parsed)
-			parse_commit(commit);
+		parse_commit(commit);
 		parents = commit->parents;
 
 		commit->object.flags |= POPPED;