#define DEBUG 0
 #endif
 
-/* stats */
-static int num_read_blob;
-static int num_get_patch;
-static int num_commits;
-
 #define PICKAXE_BLAME_MOVE             01
 #define PICKAXE_BLAME_COPY             02
 #define PICKAXE_BLAME_COPY_HARDER      04
  * diff machinery
  */
 static void fill_origin_blob(struct diff_options *opt,
-                            struct blame_origin *o, mmfile_t *file)
+                            struct blame_origin *o, mmfile_t *file, int *num_read_blob)
 {
        if (!o->file.ptr) {
                enum object_type type;
                unsigned long file_size;
 
-               num_read_blob++;
+               (*num_read_blob)++;
                if (DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, ALLOW_TEXTCONV) &&
                    textconv_object(o->path, o->mode, &o->blob_oid, 1, &file->ptr, &file_size))
                        ;
        /* look-up a line in the final buffer */
        int num_lines;
        int *lineno;
+
+       /* stats */
+       int num_read_blob;
+       int num_get_patch;
+       int num_commits;
 };
 
 static void sanity_check_refcnt(struct blame_scoreboard *);
        d.offset = 0;
        d.dstq = &newdest; d.srcq = &target->suspects;
 
-       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, parent, &file_p);
-       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, target, &file_o);
-       num_get_patch++;
+       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, parent, &file_p, &sb->num_read_blob);
+       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, target, &file_o, &sb->num_read_blob);
+       sb->num_get_patch++;
 
        if (diff_hunks(&file_p, &file_o, blame_chunk_cb, &d))
                die("unable to generate diff (%s -> %s)",
        if (!unblamed)
                return; /* nothing remains for this target */
 
-       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, parent, &file_p);
+       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, parent, &file_p, &sb->num_read_blob);
        if (!file_p.ptr)
                return;
 
                        norigin = get_origin(parent, p->one->path);
                        oidcpy(&norigin->blob_oid, &p->one->oid);
                        norigin->mode = p->one->mode;
-                       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, norigin, &file_p);
+                       fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, norigin, &file_p, &sb->num_read_blob);
                        if (!file_p.ptr)
                                continue;
 
                }
        }
 
-       num_commits++;
+       sb->num_commits++;
        for (i = 0, sg = first_scapegoat(revs, commit);
             i < num_sg && sg;
             sg = sg->next, i++) {
                            oid_to_hex(&o->blob_oid),
                            path);
        }
-       num_read_blob++;
+       sb.num_read_blob++;
        lno = prepare_lines(&sb);
 
        if (lno && !range_list.nr)
        }
 
        if (show_stats) {
-               printf("num read blob: %d\n", num_read_blob);
-               printf("num get patch: %d\n", num_get_patch);
-               printf("num commits: %d\n", num_commits);
+               printf("num read blob: %d\n", sb.num_read_blob);
+               printf("num get patch: %d\n", sb.num_get_patch);
+               printf("num commits: %d\n", sb.num_commits);
        }
        return 0;
 }