diff --git a/blob.c b/blob.c
index 182718aba9..8f83523b0c 100644
--- a/blob.c
+++ b/blob.c
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ struct blob *lookup_blob(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid)
 	return object_as_type(obj, OBJ_BLOB, 0);
 }
 
-int parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size)
+void parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item)
 {
 	item->object.parsed = 1;
-	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/blob.h b/blob.h
index 1664872055..74555c90c4 100644
--- a/blob.h
+++ b/blob.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ struct blob {
 
 struct blob *lookup_blob(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid);
 
-int parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size);
-
 /**
  * Blobs do not contain references to other objects and do not have
  * structured data that needs parsing. However, code may use the
@@ -21,5 +19,6 @@ int parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size);
  * parse_blob_buffer() is used (by object.c) to flag that the object
  * has been read successfully from the database.
  **/
+void parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item);
 
 #endif /* BLOB_H */
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 682b852a46..344087de4d 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ struct object *parse_object_buffer(struct repository *r, const struct object_id
 	if (type == OBJ_BLOB) {
 		struct blob *blob = lookup_blob(r, oid);
 		if (blob) {
-			if (parse_blob_buffer(blob, buffer, size))
-				return NULL;
+			parse_blob_buffer(blob);
 			obj = &blob->object;
 		}
 	} else if (type == OBJ_TREE) {
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ struct object *parse_object_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 			error(_("hash mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		parse_blob_buffer(lookup_blob(r, oid), NULL, 0);
+		parse_blob_buffer(lookup_blob(r, oid));
 		return lookup_object(r, oid);
 	}