if (commit) {
                        if (parse_commit_buffer(commit, buffer, size))
                                return NULL;
-                       if (!commit->buffer) {
-                               commit->buffer = buffer;
+                       if (!get_cached_commit_buffer(commit, NULL)) {
+                               set_commit_buffer(commit, buffer, size);
                                *eaten_p = 1;
                        }
                        obj = &commit->object;