1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/replace-object.h b/replace-object.h
index 04ed7a8..3fbc32e 100644
--- a/replace-object.h
+++ b/replace-object.h
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ const struct object_id *do_lookup_replace_object(struct repository *r,
  * name (replaced recursively, if necessary).  The return value is
  * either sha1 or a pointer to a permanently-allocated value.  When
  * object replacement is suppressed, always return sha1.
+ *
+ * Note: some thread debuggers might point a data race on the
+ * replace_map_initialized reading in this function. However, we know there's no
+ * problem in the value being updated by one thread right after another one read
+ * it here (and it should be written to only once, anyway).
  */
 static inline const struct object_id *lookup_replace_object(struct repository *r,
 							    const struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	if (!read_replace_refs ||
-	    (r->objects->replace_map &&
+	    (r->objects->replace_map_initialized &&
 	     r->objects->replace_map->map.tablesize == 0))
 		return oid;
 	return do_lookup_replace_object(r, oid);