diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index f4d974a7b8bfa0472a110273edf62b34b90902fe..6afa66ce02bee9a0de4403e1bfb0eedb70c087df 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ static int cmd_log_wc(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp,
 		log_tree_commit(rev, commit);
 		free(commit->buffer);
 		commit->buffer = NULL;
+		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
+		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-rev-list.c b/builtin-rev-list.c
index 2b298c4e412c4fca24ea5068f17a557f89a6a449..71353eb19db158a60a5ae94f83f53059adc3399b 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-list.c
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 		printf("%s%c", pretty_header, hdr_termination);
 	}
 	fflush(stdout);
+	if (commit->parents) {
+		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
+		commit->parents = NULL;
+	}
+	if (commit->buffer) {
+		free(commit->buffer);
+		commit->buffer = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static struct object_list **process_blob(struct blob *blob,
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 82214eb71a96e75089dbe583eb4e2d06eb608550..7bff2a10b1044651a776b42d4ee3d91661830aa2 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -949,9 +949,11 @@ struct commit *get_revision(struct rev_info *revs)
 	}
 
 	do {
-		struct commit *commit = revs->commits->item;
+		struct commit_list *entry = revs->commits;
+		struct commit *commit = entry->item;
 
-		revs->commits = revs->commits->next;
+		revs->commits = entry->next;
+		free(entry);
 
 		/*
 		 * If we haven't done the list limiting, we need to look at