diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index cfc6951d23..ef4143eef3 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -294,5 +294,6 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc,
 	free_refs(fetched_refs);
 	free_refs(remote_refs);
 	list_objects_filter_release(&args.filter_options);
+	oid_array_clear(&shallow);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index 81fc96d423..c49fe6c53c 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -343,5 +343,6 @@ int cmd_send_pack(int argc,
 	free_refs(remote_refs);
 	free_refs(local_refs);
 	refspec_clear(&rs);
+	oid_array_clear(&shallow);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh b/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
index c2cc83182f..07624a1d7f 100755
--- a/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ test_description='push from/to a shallow clone over http'
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd