* the final object lookup), but more expensive for OFS deltas (we
  * have to load the revidx to convert the offset back into a sha1).
  */
-static const unsigned char *get_delta_base_sha1(struct packed_git *p,
-                                               struct pack_window **w_curs,
-                                               off_t curpos,
-                                               enum object_type type,
-                                               off_t delta_obj_offset)
+static int get_delta_base_oid(struct packed_git *p,
+                             struct pack_window **w_curs,
+                             off_t curpos,
+                             struct object_id *oid,
+                             enum object_type type,
+                             off_t delta_obj_offset)
 {
        if (type == OBJ_REF_DELTA) {
                unsigned char *base = use_pack(p, w_curs, curpos, NULL);
-               return base;
+               oidread(oid, base);
+               return 0;
        } else if (type == OBJ_OFS_DELTA) {
                struct revindex_entry *revidx;
                off_t base_offset = get_delta_base(p, w_curs, &curpos,
                                                   type, delta_obj_offset);
 
                if (!base_offset)
-                       return NULL;
+                       return -1;
 
                revidx = find_pack_revindex(p, base_offset);
                if (!revidx)
-                       return NULL;
+                       return -1;
 
-               return nth_packed_object_sha1(p, revidx->nr);
+               return nth_packed_object_id(oid, p, revidx->nr);
        } else
-               return NULL;
+               return -1;
 }
 
 static int retry_bad_packed_offset(struct repository *r,
 
        if (oi->delta_base_oid) {
                if (type == OBJ_OFS_DELTA || type == OBJ_REF_DELTA) {
-                       const unsigned char *base;
-
-                       base = get_delta_base_sha1(p, &w_curs, curpos,
-                                                  type, obj_offset);
-                       if (!base) {
+                       if (get_delta_base_oid(p, &w_curs, curpos,
+                                              oi->delta_base_oid,
+                                              type, obj_offset) < 0) {
                                type = OBJ_BAD;
                                goto out;
                        }
-
-                       hashcpy(oi->delta_base_oid->hash, base);
                } else
                        oidclr(oi->delta_base_oid);
        }