return ret;
 }
 
-void clear_commit_marks(struct commit *commit, unsigned int mark)
+static void clear_commit_marks_1(struct commit_list **plist,
+                                struct commit *commit, unsigned int mark)
 {
        while (commit) {
                struct commit_list *parents;
                        return;
 
                while ((parents = parents->next))
-                       clear_commit_marks(parents->item, mark);
+                       commit_list_insert(parents->item, plist);
 
                commit = commit->parents->item;
        }
 }
 
+void clear_commit_marks(struct commit *commit, unsigned int mark)
+{
+       struct commit_list *list = NULL;
+       commit_list_insert(commit, &list);
+       while (list)
+               clear_commit_marks_1(&list, pop_commit(&list), mark);
+}
+
 void clear_commit_marks_for_object_array(struct object_array *a, unsigned mark)
 {
        struct object *object;