diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 55eac756f7c83e496daae7cb8874552caaa58ff5..3f27456883ede5efa2a57cfa9e2dcc889e952338 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -493,13 +493,12 @@ static void fsck_object_dir(const char *path)
 
 static int fsck_head_link(void)
 {
-	int flag;
 	int null_is_error = 0;
 
 	if (verbose)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Checking HEAD link\n");
 
-	head_points_at = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, head_oid.hash, &flag);
+	head_points_at = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, head_oid.hash, NULL);
 	if (!head_points_at) {
 		errors_found |= ERROR_REFS;
 		return error("Invalid HEAD");