diff --git a/replace-object.h b/replace-object.h
index dbc51265ecff251f222161fb085ab66e256352d8..ddeb0470bd34737b891fed1535842a9a83bbe7cd 100644
--- a/replace-object.h
+++ b/replace-object.h
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ struct replace_object {
  * This internal function is only declared here for the benefit of
  * lookup_replace_object().  Please do not call it directly.
  */
-extern const struct object_id *do_lookup_replace_object(const struct object_id *oid);
+#define do_lookup_replace_object(r, s) do_lookup_replace_object_##r(s)
+extern const struct object_id *do_lookup_replace_object_the_repository(const struct object_id *oid);
 
 /*
  * If object sha1 should be replaced, return the replacement object's
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ static inline const struct object_id *lookup_replace_object(const struct object_
 	    (the_repository->objects->replace_map &&
 	     the_repository->objects->replace_map->map.tablesize == 0))
 		return oid;
-	return do_lookup_replace_object(oid);
+	return do_lookup_replace_object(the_repository, oid);
 }
 
 #endif /* REPLACE_OBJECT_H */
diff --git a/replace_object.c b/replace_object.c
index 567d9da708296ff89364c19d3d69e038184583b9..adfed789014bfe88b8a376983a77095c4622e852 100644
--- a/replace_object.c
+++ b/replace_object.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void prepare_replace_object_the_repository(void)
  * permanently-allocated value.  This function always respects replace
  * references, regardless of the value of check_replace_refs.
  */
-const struct object_id *do_lookup_replace_object(const struct object_id *oid)
+const struct object_id *do_lookup_replace_object_the_repository(const struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	int depth = MAXREPLACEDEPTH;
 	const struct object_id *cur = oid;