diff --git a/builtin/history.c b/builtin/history.c
index 9526938085..4c47ce4946 100644
--- a/builtin/history.c
+++ b/builtin/history.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int setup_revwalk(struct repository *repo,
 
 		commit_list_insert(original, &from_list);
 		ret = repo_is_descendant_of(repo, head, from_list);
-		free_commit_list(from_list);
+		commit_list_free(from_list);
 
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			ret = error(_("cannot determine descendance"));
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ out:
 	if (index_file.len)
 		unlink(index_file.buf);
 	strbuf_release(&index_file);
-	free_commit_list(parents);
+	commit_list_free(parents);
 	release_index(&index);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/replay.c b/replay.c
index f96f1f6551..4f1996485f 100644
--- a/replay.c
+++ b/replay.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static struct commit *create_commit(struct repository *repo,
 out:
 	repo_unuse_commit_buffer(repo, based_on, message);
 	free_commit_extra_headers(extra);
-	free_commit_list(parents);
+	commit_list_free(parents);
 	strbuf_release(&msg);
 	free(author);
 	return (struct commit *)obj;
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 9f6d6fe48c..2bf450ab28 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static void deepen(struct upload_pack_data *data, int depth)
 					     data->deepen_relative, depth,
 					     SHALLOW, NOT_SHALLOW);
 		send_shallow(data, result);
-		free_commit_list(result);
+		commit_list_free(result);
 	}
 
 	send_unshallow(data);
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static void deepen_by_rev_list(struct upload_pack_data *data,
 	disable_commit_graph(the_repository);
 	result = get_shallow_commits_by_rev_list(argv, SHALLOW, NOT_SHALLOW);
 	send_shallow(data, result);
-	free_commit_list(result);
+	commit_list_free(result);
 	send_unshallow(data);
 }