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diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index dd52342..55ef76f 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1673,6 +1673,8 @@ static struct commit *get_ref(const char *ref)
if (get_sha1(ref, sha1))
die("Could not resolve ref '%s'", ref);
object = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1), ref, strlen(ref));
+ if (!object)
+ return NULL;
if (object->type == OBJ_TREE)
return make_virtual_commit((struct tree*)object,
better_branch_name(ref));