diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index a0f8ae7650..79ce3a97c8 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -798,8 +798,8 @@ static int fsck_commit(struct commit *commit, const char *data,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int fsck_tag_buffer(struct tag *tag, const char *data,
-	unsigned long size, struct fsck_options *options)
+static int fsck_tag(struct tag *tag, const char *data,
+		    unsigned long size, struct fsck_options *options)
 {
 	struct object_id oid;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -893,17 +893,6 @@ done:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int fsck_tag(struct tag *tag, const char *data,
-	unsigned long size, struct fsck_options *options)
-{
-	struct object *tagged = tag->tagged;
-
-	if (!tagged)
-		return report(options, &tag->object, FSCK_MSG_BAD_TAG_OBJECT, "could not load tagged object");
-
-	return fsck_tag_buffer(tag, data, size, options);
-}
-
 struct fsck_gitmodules_data {
 	struct object *obj;
 	struct fsck_options *options;