diff --git a/t/helper/test-reftable.c b/t/helper/test-reftable.c
index fc49fafc34..57758936b0 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-reftable.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-reftable.c
@@ -103,7 +103,16 @@ static int dump_table(struct reftable_merged_table *mt)
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	algop = &hash_algos[hash_algo_by_id(reftable_merged_table_hash_id(mt))];
+	switch (reftable_merged_table_hash_id(mt)) {
+	case REFTABLE_HASH_SHA1:
+		algop = &hash_algos[GIT_HASH_SHA1];
+		break;
+	case REFTABLE_HASH_SHA256:
+		algop = &hash_algos[GIT_HASH_SHA256];
+		break;
+	default:
+		die("unknown reftable hash function: %d", reftable_merged_table_hash_id(mt));
+	}
 
 	while (1) {
 		err = reftable_iterator_next_ref(&it, &ref);