return buffer;
 }
 
-static void setup_crlf_check(struct git_attr_check *check)
+static void setup_convert_check(struct git_attr_check *check)
 {
        static struct git_attr *attr_crlf;
 
        check->attr = attr_crlf;
 }
 
-static int git_path_check_crlf(const char *path)
+static int git_path_check_crlf(const char *path, struct git_attr_check *check)
 {
-       struct git_attr_check attr_crlf_check;
-
-       setup_crlf_check(&attr_crlf_check);
-
-       if (!git_checkattr(path, 1, &attr_crlf_check)) {
-               const char *value = attr_crlf_check.value;
-               if (ATTR_TRUE(value))
-                       return CRLF_TEXT;
-               else if (ATTR_FALSE(value))
-                       return CRLF_BINARY;
-               else if (ATTR_UNSET(value))
-                       ;
-               else if (!strcmp(value, "input"))
-                       return CRLF_INPUT;
-               /* fallthru */
-       }
+       const char *value = check->value;
+
+       if (ATTR_TRUE(value))
+               return CRLF_TEXT;
+       else if (ATTR_FALSE(value))
+               return CRLF_BINARY;
+       else if (ATTR_UNSET(value))
+               ;
+       else if (!strcmp(value, "input"))
+               return CRLF_INPUT;
        return CRLF_GUESS;
 }
 
 char *convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep)
 {
-       return crlf_to_git(path, src, sizep, git_path_check_crlf(path));
+       struct git_attr_check check[1];
+       int crlf = CRLF_GUESS;
+
+       setup_convert_check(check);
+       if (!git_checkattr(path, 1, check)) {
+               crlf = git_path_check_crlf(path, check);
+       }
+       return crlf_to_git(path, src, sizep, crlf);
 }
 
 char *convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep)
 {
-       return crlf_to_worktree(path, src, sizep, git_path_check_crlf(path));
+       struct git_attr_check check[1];
+       int crlf = CRLF_GUESS;
+
+       setup_convert_check(check);
+       if (!git_checkattr(path, 1, check)) {
+               crlf = git_path_check_crlf(path, check);
+       }
+       return crlf_to_worktree(path, src, sizep, crlf);
 }