if (dent == key) {
                        dent->mode = REPO_MODE_DIR;
                        dent->content_offset = 0;
-                       dent_insert(&dir->entries, dent);
+                       dent = dent_insert(&dir->entries, dent);
                }
 
                if (dent_offset(dent) < dent_pool.committed) {
                        dent->name_offset = name;
                        dent->mode = REPO_MODE_DIR;
                        dent->content_offset = dir_o;
-                       dent_insert(&dir->entries, dent);
+                       dent = dent_insert(&dir->entries, dent);
                }
 
                dir = repo_dir_from_dirent(dent);